Pecten excavatus is a species of scallop, marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Pectinidae.

The valves are front-back symmetrical, however, and the ears are equal, convex, and rectangularly truncated.

[1] It can be distinguished from the very similar species Pecten albicans by the number of ribs present on either valve.

P. albicans has in the range of seven to ten ribs with a mode of eight, while those of P. excavatus range from eight to eleven or more with an average number of ten.

[2] This scallop prefers to inhabit fine, sandy bottoms 10-80 meters below the surface.