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Genus of bivalves
Aequipecten is a
genus of
scallops ,
marine
bivalve
mollusks in the family
Pectinidae .
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Fossil records
This genus is very ancient. It is known in the
fossil records from the
Triassic to the
Quaternary (age range: from 247.2 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata throughout the world.
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Fossil valve of Aequipecten radians from Pliocene of Italy
Species
Species within the genus Aequipecten include:
Aequipecten acanthodes (Dall, 1925) — thistle scallop
Aequipecten audouinii (Paryaudeau 1826) — sometimes given as a
subspecies of A. opercularis
Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato, 1875) — Canestrello scallop
Aequipecten gibbus (
Linnaeus ,
1758 ) — calico scallop
Aequipecten glyptus (Wood, 1828) — red-ribbed scallop
Aequipecten heliacus (
Dall , 1925)
Aequipecten irradians — Atlantic bay scallop
Aequipecten lindae (Petuch, 1995)
Aequipecten lineolaris (
Lamarck , 1819) — wavy-lined scallop
Aequipecten linki (
Dall , 1926)
Aequipecten muscosus — rough scallop
Aequipecten opercularis (
Linnaeus ,
1758 ) — Queen scallop
Aequipecten tehuelchus (
D'Orbigny , 1846) — Tehuelche scallop
References
^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 30-31.
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Fossilworks
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