Pecten

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

• Pectineal line (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Pecten
• All pages with titles beginning with Pectin