| The pecten is also used to preen feathers and to hold slippery food items. |
| Found on pecten shells, and abundant off the coast of Maine. |
| Thus a Crepidula on a pecten shell will be ribbed while the same species on a stone will be perfectly smooth. |
| The heavily pigmented, pleated pecten was identified in the ventrolateral aspect of the fundus, protruding into the vitreous. |
| Wilkens documented more eyes on the upper compared with the lower mantle of the single Bermuda scallop he sampled, and Dakin reported a similar pattern in Pecten opercular is. |
| On this day however a new structure appears, which remains permanently through life, and is known as the pecten. |
