Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.[1]
| Aequipecten Temporal range:
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| Queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886 |
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Fossil records
editThis 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.[2]
Species
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Fossilworks
External links
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