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PECTEN [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
Pectinidae
Latin
DEF

Any of a family (Pectinidae) of bivalve mollusks; esp., any of a genus (Pecten) with two deeply grooved, curved shells and an earlike wing on each side of the hinge, that swims by rapidly snapping its shells together.

OBS

scallop: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Pêche commerciale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Pectinidae
Latin
DEF

Mollusque bivalve comestible, pouvant nager dans la mer en refermant brusquement ses valves.

OBS

Famille regroupant les espèces suivantes : Chlamys islandica et Pecten magellanicus. La vraie coquille Saint-Jacques est l'une ou l'autre des deux espèces européennes suivantes : Pecten maximus (région de l'Atlantique) ou Pecten jacobeus (région de la Méditerranée).

OBS

pétoncle : nom commercial normalisé par l'OLF, BNQ et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

OBS

coquille Saint-Jacques; peigne : termes officialisés par l'Union européenne.

Key term(s)
  • pecten

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
  • Pesca comercial
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Pectinidae
Latin
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Record 2 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
CONT

The common scallop Pecten has about 60 blue or dark brown eyes (depending on the species), each about a millimeter in diameter and evenly spaced along the mantle of the mollusk, which is exposed to light by a slight gaping of the two waves, or shells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
CONT

Le Pecten, connu sous le nom de coquille de Saint-Jacques, a une soixantaine d'yeux, bleu ou brun foncé selon les espèces, d'un millimètre de diamètre chacun, et disposés régulièrement le long du manteau du mollusque qui est exposé à la lumière lorsque les deux valves s'entrouvrent.

Spanish

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