Mimachlamys townsendi (Sowerby, 1895)
A very large growing species and certainly the heaviest of all Pecten with this massive piece exceeding three lbs in weight and measuring a gorgeous 193mm diameter. Such an aged giant has seen a lot of history before finally got caught and lucky it was too to come into my collection where it now rests as a venerable treasure and I don't mind his scars and wholes and nibbles: life can be rough sometimes...
Pecten caurinus (Gould, 1850)
This giant once was a comercial species but for a couple of decades they are all gone and one will find it hard to get a 20cm plus specimen which is only likely to surface from old collections these days; I guess many a seafood aficionado would now wish with considerable remorse to have kept some valves in storage.
Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
A very interesting specimen from a Florida population which became known to collectors as late as mid 80's, remarkable for its red and white colour and scaly surface and its complete absence of those telltale nodules that originally gave name to the species. By many considered to be a true species of its own and found in the trade under spurious names, especially since the original diver mixed it up with arthricticus which wasn't helpful at all.
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