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PECTINIDAE [2 records]

Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
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)
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)
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Record 2 1977-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Pectinidae (...) [have a] shell varying in size, orbicular to oval, [the] valves of some shells [are] equally convex but usually one valve [is] more inflated than [the] other, [the] margins [are] usually, but not invariably closed; [the] umbos [are] central, on either side of which are triangular auricles (ears), [the] anterior one on [the] RV [is] usually with [a] distinct byssal notch or indentation below it; [the] surface [is] smooth or with radial ribs or folds, some species with concentric sculpture of raised lamellae; [the] interior [is] smooth or with fine radial riblets; [the] hinge line [is] straight; [the] external ligament [is] obsolete or nearly so, [the] resilium internal, amphidetic, in [a] triangular pit below [the] umbones; young shells (...) [have] small taxodont teeth which become obsolete later; cardinal crura or laminae [are] commonly present; diverging from either side of [the] ligamental pit; rounded laminae (auricular crura) [are] present on [the] interior of some shells where [the] auricles join [the] valves; adults [are] monomyarian, with posterior adductors only; [they are] free, attached by [a] byssus or cemented by RV; [the] upper (L) valve [is] usually more brightly colored; [the] margin of [the] mantle (...) [has] short filaments and commonly (...) [has] eyes; dioecious (...). "Trias. - Rec.".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Pectinidae (...) [ont une] coquille équilatérale, équivalve ou inéquivalve, libre ou fixée, soit par un byssus qui passe dans une échancrure de l'oreillette antérieure de la valve droite, soit par soudure directe de la région umbonale de la valve droite; [des] crochets médians; [un] bord cardinal droit prolongé en deux oreillettes; [une] fossette ligamentaire triangulaire centrale; [un] ligament rarement visible extérieurement; [une] charnière faite (surtout chez le jeune) de lames symétriques par rapport au ligament - charnière de type isodonte -; [une] ligne palléale entière; une seule impression musculaire subcentrale.

Spanish

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