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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
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. This species is the target of a dredge fishery in the Bass Strait off southern Australia.

In Australia it is called the commercial scallop.

References

1. ^ "Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
2. "Pecten fumatus". FishSource. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
3. "Commercial Scallop". NSW Department of Primary Industry. Retrieved 17 December 2024.

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