Consumers can tell the difference by the Latin name : " pecten maximus " for the real Saint Jacques and " placopecten magellanicus " for the Canadian variety.
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This, in turn may stimulate release of nutrients from pecten oculi to retina, via vitreous humor; it is plausible as bird retina is devoid of its own blood vessels.
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In waters around the United Kingdom " Pecten maximus " become sexually mature at around 2 3 years old and when they reach 80 to 90 mm in shell length.
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For the first time, investors can choose where to put their money, said Tom Tourek, African exploration manager for Pecten International Co ., the American exploration and production company.
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As the sea became more shallow, brackish marine conditions prevailed, typified by thick channel deposits of oyster and pecten shell coquina that now form the " Elephant Knees " along Fish Creek.
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"Pecten maximus " has been found to contain the Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning toxin, domoic acid and this means that there is a risk of human illness caused by eating toxic scallops.
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There are six named ironstone seams which are, in order of deposition, the " Osmotherley, Avicula, Raisdale, Two-foot, Pecten " and " Main"
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Fossils are ubiquitous, especially within the ironstone seams, to the extent that the " Avicula " and " Pecten " seams are named after their most abundant faunal inclusions.
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Curiously the Linnaeus name " Pecten jacobeus " is given to the Mediterranean scallop, while the scallop endemic to Galicia is called " Pecten maximus " due to its bigger size.
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Curiously the Linnaeus name " Pecten jacobeus " is given to the Mediterranean scallop, while the scallop endemic to Galicia is called " Pecten maximus " due to its bigger size.
