Kelp scallop
A species of Leptopecten Scientific name : Leptopecten latiauratus Genus : Leptopecten
Kelp scallop, A species of Leptopecten
Botanical name: Leptopecten latiauratus
Genus: Leptopecten
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Description
Leptopecten latiauratus, common name the kelp scallop, is a small saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It lives in water up to 850 feet deep. Like other scallops it has many small primitive eyes around the rim of its mantle and escapes predators by jet propulsion.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Molluscs Class
Bivalve shell Order
Scallops and allies Family
Scallop Genus
Leptopecten Species
Kelp scallop 
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