Pecten

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Pecten or pectin may refer to:

Pecten

Biology

Pecten (biology), any comb like structure in animals
Pecten (bivalve), a genus of scallops
Pecten (company), a subsidiary of Sinopec
Pecten oculi, a structure in the bird retina which contains most of the vasculature

Other uses

Pecten, Alberta, Canada
Venus comb murex, after its scientific name Murex pecten

Pectin

Pectin, a plant polysaccharide
Pectineus muscle, a thigh muscle
Pectinoidea, a superfamily of bivalve mollusks which includes Pectinidae
- Pectinidae, a family of bivalve mollusks
  - Pecten albicans, Japanese baking scallop
  - Pecten excavatus
  - Pecten sulcicostatus, South African scallop

See also

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