(Chlamys delicatula)

Queen Scallops are present in waters around the South Island of New Zealand. Most abundant stocks are from South Canterbury to Stewart Island. Occurs from as shallow as 20m out to at least 400m, but most common in 100-150m. This specie is similar to European Queen Scallop.

Shell reaches the size of 6-8cm across and edible meat is reasonable size. New Zealand Queen Scallop shell is very attractive ranging in colour from delicate peach, through yellow to red.

Ngai Tahu harvests and processes this specie into a variety of forms including: meat and roe with mantle on or off, crumbed meat or whole in shell.