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Pecten albicans
Japanese baking scallop
Pectinidae
- Collected by
- Myrtle Thaanum {Ditlev'S Wife}
- Collector number
- Th 8812.a
- Locality
- Japan; Gataguchi {Kawaguchi?}
- Region
- Japan
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Pecten albicans observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 21 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-03-22.

2025-03-22
南房総国定公園, 館山市, 千葉県, JP
(c) nongiftedman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-01-27
岱山海岛公园, 舟山市, 浙江省, CN
(c) JIN Pin-Tsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-10-26
1792-1 Nijōshikaka, Itoshima, Fukuoka 819-1642, Japan
(c) Benno te Linde, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-10-26
1792-1 Nijōshikaka, Itoshima, Fukuoka 819-1642, Japan
(c) Benno te Linde, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-02-24
日本、〒248-0013 神奈川県鎌倉市材木座
(c) ryotaro_suzuki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-12-25
田井, 舞鶴市, 京都府, JP
(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Pecten albicans. BPBM 278588. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/278588.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
