escalop, escallop

Pronunciation key ( e-skol′əp ) ( e-skal′əp )

es•cal•lop, es•cal•op

n.

[OFr. escalope, a shell, see SCALLOP].

1. Scallop. Mollusk with the characteristic ribbed shell with a wavy edge.
2. Decorative curve resembling that of a scallop shell.
v.t.
3. trim in curves
4. baking with crumbs or in a cream sauce.

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animals
Phylum	Mollusca – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks
Class	Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – clams, bivalves, bivalve
Subclass	Pteriomorphia Beurlen, 1944
Order	Ostreoida
Family	Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus	Argopecten Monterosato, 1889
Direct Children:
Species	Argopecten aequisulcatus (Carpenter, 1864)
Species	Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Atlantic calico scallop
Species	Argopecten irradians (Lamarck, 1819) – bay scallop
Species	Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819) – lined scallop
Species	Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) – nucleus scallop
Species	Argopecten ventricosus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) – Pacific calico scallop
Argopecten, Monterosato, 1889, Taxonomic Serial No.: 79732

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Scallop Sea Shells

NC Sea Shells, Atlantic Callico Scallop