Pecten
# 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
