Showing Food Scallop
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| Name | Scallop | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Pectinidae | ||||||||||
| Description | A scallop (from Old French escalope, meaning "shell") is a common name applied to many species of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Scallops are a cosmopolitan family, found in all of the world's oceans. Many scallops are highly prized as a food source; the name "scallop" is also applied to the meat of these animals when it is used as seafood. The brightly colored, fan-shaped shells of some scallops, with their radiating, fluted patterns, are valued by shell collectors, and have been used since ancient times as motifs in art and design. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00462 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Mollusks | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 79611 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Scallop | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||