''Leopecten'' is a genus of
bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
s belonging to the family
Pectinidae.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
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Leopecten cocosensis
''Leopecten'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Leopecten cocosensis''
*''Leopecten diegensis''
*''Leopecten isabelensis''
*''Leopecten sericeus''
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Leopecten diegensis
''Leopecten'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Leopecten cocosensis''
*''Leopecten diegensis''
*''Leopecten isabelensis''
*''Leopecten sericeus''
*''Leop ...
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Leopecten isabelensis
''Leopecten'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Leopecten cocosensis''
*''Leopecten diegensis''
*''Leopecten isabelensis''
*''Leopecten sericeus''
*''Leop ...
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Leopecten sericeus
''Leopecten'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Leopecten cocosensis''
*''Leopecten diegensis''
*''Leopecten isabelensis
''Leopecten'' is a genus of biv ...
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Leopecten stillmani
''Leopecten'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Pectinidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
*''Leopecten cocosensis''
*''Leopecten diegensis''
*''Leopecten isabelensis''
*''Leopecten sericeus
''Leope ...
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References
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Pectinidae
Bivalve genera