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Updated 10/10/2012

Family Pectinidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Laevichlamys cookei 

Kewalo, Oahu, 60 feet

 

Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet

COOKE'S SCALLOP

Uncommon under stones and in dead coral at scuba depths.  Attains 1.5 inch.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known in Hawaii as Chlamys irregularis.