Crassadoma
| Crassadoma | |
|---|---|
| A young rock scallop | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Crassadoma Bernard, 1986 |
| Species: | C. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassadoma gigantea (J.E. Gray, 1825) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Crassadoma is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. It is monotypic, the only species being Crassadoma gigantea, the rock scallop, giant rock scallop or purple-hinge rock scallop. Although the small juveniles are free-swimming, they soon become sessile, and are cemented to the substrate. These scallops occur in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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