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title: "Atlantic Bay Scallop"
description: "Argopecten irradians — Other animals. Argopecten irradians, formerly classified as Aequipecten irradians, common names Atlantic bay scallop, bay scallop, and blue-eyed scallop, is a species of scallop in the family Pectinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/atlantic-bay-scallop
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Bay Scallop

> Argopecten irradians — Other animals. Argopecten irradians, formerly classified as Aequipecten irradians, common names Atlantic bay scallop, bay scallop, and blue-eyed scallop, is a species of scallop in the family Pectinidae.

- Scientific name: *Argopecten irradians*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 7417
- Wikidata: [Q3018372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018372)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122039](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122039)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Bay Scallop
- es: Almeja catarina
- fr: Pétoncle de baie

## Countries with the most observations

US (5097), CA (277), CN (47), KR (9), MX (6)

## Summary

Argopecten irradians, formerly classified as Aequipecten irradians, common names Atlantic bay scallop, bay scallop, and blue-eyed scallop, is a species of scallop in the family Pectinidae.  An edible saltwater bivalve, it is native to the northwest Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argopecten_irradians

## Photo

![Atlantic Bay Scallop](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-bay-scallop/medium.jpg)

Photo: suzannehale · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40927132

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-bay-scallop?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).