Pecten fumatus

Pecten fumatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Pecten
Species:	P. fumatus
Binomial name
	Pecten fumatus; Reeve, 1852
Synonyms[1]
	Notovola preissiana Iredale, 1949 ; Pecten fumatus albus Tate, 1887 ; Pecten fuscus Sowerby II, 1842 ; Pecten jacobaeus byronensis Fleming, 1955 ; Pecten medius Lamarck, 1819 ; Pecten modestus Reeve, 1852 ;

Pecten fumatus, the Southern Australia scallop, is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific from Shark Bay in Western Australia to the Kermadec Islands and as far south as New Zealand.[1] This species is the target of a dredge fishery in the Bass Strait off southern Australia.[2]

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