📸 PhotoPhoto: あおもりくま,(Aomorikuma) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Yesso scallop
Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Yesso scallop · ホタテガイ)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum shell length of 25 cm is slightly longer than the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 It is a species both caught commercially and farmed in aquaculture (SeaLifeBase).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Yesso scallop is a scallop living on sandy and gravelly bottoms in the cold waters of the East Sea, Japan, and Russia.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It is a large scallop with a shell length reaching up to 25 cm.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
As a cold-water bivalve, it lives on sandy gravel beds at depths of 10–30 m and filter-feeds on suspended particles in the water.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed on the National List of Species of Korea under the name Keun-garibi (Korean name) and lives along the central and northern coast of the East Sea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • marinespecies.org — aphia.php
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000216719 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000216719
- • wikidata.org — Q1132485
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Aomori prefecture Hiranai town Mutsu Bay scallops IMG 6
- • sealifebase.se — Mizuhopecten-yessoensis.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Katie S. Collins · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Pecten maximus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.