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title: "Variegated Scallop"
description: "Mimachlamys varia — Outros animais. Mimachlamys varia, also known under common names variegated scallop and black scallop, is a species of small scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/variegated-scallop
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Variegated Scallop

> Mimachlamys varia — Outros animais. Mimachlamys varia, also known under common names variegated scallop and black scallop, is a species of small scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the  family Pectinidae, the scallops.

- Scientific name: *Mimachlamys varia*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5238
- Wikidata: [Q61681658](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61681658)
- iNaturalist taxon: [363962](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363962)

## Names

- en: Variegated Scallop
- de: Bunte Kammmuschel
- es: Zamburiña
- fr: Pétoncle noir
- nl: Bonte mantel

## Countries with the most observations

PT (1875), FR (747), GB (607), ES (576), IT (296), GR (119), IE (102), HR (99), JE (55), DK (52), NL (49), AL (41)

## Summary

Mimachlamys varia, also known under common names variegated scallop and black scallop, is a species of small scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the  family Pectinidae, the scallops. It occurs in the North Sea, the English Channel, the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.

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

## Photo

![Variegated Scallop](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variegated-scallop/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187316955

## Machine access

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