Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822)

Bivalvos, Bivalves

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Bivalvia

Order
Pectinida

Superfamily
Pectinoidea

Family
Pectinidae

Genus
Argopecten

Species
irradians

Subspecies
concentricus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Argopecten circularis (Sowerby, 1835) (Integrated Taxonomic Information System).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2021) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Www.itis.gov

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"Galapagos Species Database, Argopecten irradians concentricus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19849. Accessed 4 November 2026.