Field marks
Auricles unequal (anterior large, posterior small); byssal notch with ctenolium below the right anterior auricle; small spines on the ribs; very variable colour
- Size
- Shell height 6–8 cm
- Habitat
- Below low-tide line to 20+ m on rock or gravel, attached by byssus
- Distribution
- Yellow and Bohai Sea coasts, Korean Peninsula and Japan
- Diet
- Filters phytoplankton
- Counted in
- individuals
- Notes
- Native to northern China; formerly Chlamys farreri
Habitats
Easily confused with
References
Profile compiled from common references; awaiting expert review.
Same family
Other species in Pectinidae
Yesso scallop
Mizuhopecten yessoensis
Shell height up to 20 cm; farmed adults mostly 10–12 cm
Bay scallop
Argopecten irradians
Shell height 6–8 cm
Observations