虾夷扇贝（Ｐｅｃｔｅｎ ｙｅｓｓｏｅｓｉｓ）为冷水性贝类，原产于日本北海道及本州北部和俄罗斯的千岛群岛南部水域。１９８０年，辽宁省海洋水产研究所和中国科学院海洋研究所等单位相继引入后，已在辽宁、山东等地开展了大规模的育苗与养成。虾夷扇贝是目前我国常见经济贝 Pecten yessoesis is a cold-water shellfish native to Hokkaido, Japan and northern Honshu and the southern Kuril Islands of Russia. In 1980, Liaoning Institute of Marine Fisheries and the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units have been introduced, has been in Liaoning, Shandong and other places launched a large-scale nursery and nurturing. Scallop shrimp is the common economic shellfish in China