Scallop: animal name. Pteropods subclass scallop family. A gastropod mollusk, shell slightly fan-shaped, the surface of a variety of colors, very beautiful. Usually inhabits the sandy seabed in shallow bays. The closed-shell muscle of the body can be made into dried scallops, which is a precious seafood. It is also called "sea fan".

The scallop (English name: Scallop) is an animal of the family Scallopidae of the order Pinctada. Its appearance for the shell fan-shaped, but the butterfly hinge line straight, butterfly hinge of the two ends of the wing-like protruding; size of about 2.5 ~ 15 centimeters (1 ~ 6 inches) or more; shell smooth or have radial ribs, ribs, smooth, scaly or verruca-shaped, color bright red, purple, orange, yellow to white; lower shell color is lighter, smoother; there is a large closed-shell muscle. Its distribution in the world's oceans, inhabiting the low tide zone to hundreds of meters of shallow sea, camp attached or free life, mainly to mayfly algae for food.