See text Pectinoida Pectinida is a taxonomic order of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as scallops and their allies.

[1] It is believed that they began evolutionarily in the late Middle Ordovician epoch; many species, of course, are still extant.

[2] In 2010 a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the order Pectinida.

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