Pecten Purpuratus (Lamarck.) Small 320×284 Medium 640×568 Large 1024×909 Download Tiff Original 2705×2400 | (1.7 MB) Description Smooth-shelled Pectens have colors that are frequently lively and brilliant. This is the Purple Pecten. Keywords common oysters, Mediterranean sea shells, Mollis, Mollusca, pearls, Scallop Galleries Clams and Other Bivalves Source: Hazlitt Alva Cuppy PH.D., Editor Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1895)
