''Mesopeplum'' is a genus of
scallops,
marine bivalve molluscs in the
family
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Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families ...
.
Species in the genus ''Mesopeplum''
* ''
Mesopeplum caroli''
* ''
Mesopeplum convexum''
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, 1835)
* ''
Mesopeplum fenestratum''
* ''
Mesopeplum crawfordi'' †
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, (1979),
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Pectinidae
Bivalves of Australia
Bivalves of New Zealand
Bivalve genera
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