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Aequipecten tehuelchus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Aequipecten
Species:	A. tehuelchus
Binomial name
Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)

Aequipecten tehuelchus is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.

The species is found in South America. Its shell changes shape and size in three different stages throughout its lifetime: spat, juvenile, and adult.

References

1. ^ "Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny, 1842)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
2. Márquez, F; Amoroso, R; Gowland Sainz, Mf; Van der Molen, S (14 December 2010). "Shell morphology changes in the scallop Aequipecten tehuelchus during its life span: a geometric morphometric approach" (PDF). Aquatic Biology. 11 (2): 149–155. doi:10.3354/ab00301. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

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