Gigantopecten is a genus of fossil scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.[2]
| Gigantopecten Temporal range: Oligocene to Quaternary
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| Gigantopecten latissimus from France. Miocene (abt. 20 Ma) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | †Gigantopecten Rovereto, 1899 |
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These facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived from the Oligocene to the Quaternary period (from 33.9 to 0.781 Ma).[3]
Species edit
Species within the genus Gigantopecten include:[3][4]
- Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814)
- Gigantopecten nodosiformis (Pusch, 1837)
- Gigantopecten pittieri Dall 1912
- Gigantopecten gigas[5] (Schlotheim, 1813)
Description edit
Species within this genus have a very large shells, reaching a height of about 134 millimetres (5.3 in) and a length of about 167 millimetres (6.6 in). The shell is thick and biconvex. The left valve is slightly more convex than the right one. The radial ribs are wide, but very shallow. Both auricles are the same size and shape.[6]
Distribution edit
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the sediments of the United States, Italy, Algeria, Austria, Cuba, France, Haiti, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Iran.[3]
References edit
- ^ GBIF
- ^ International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature (ITZN)
- ^ a b c Paleobiology Database
- ^ Europeana
- ^ Bongrain M. Gigantopecten du Miocène français (Pectinidae, Bivalvia)
- ^ Antonio P. JIMÉNEZ, Julio AGUIRRE, and Pascual RIVAS TAXONOMIC STUDY OF SCALLOPS (PECTINIDAE: MOLLUSCA, BIVALVIA) FROM PLIOCENE DEPOSITS (ALMERÍA, SE SPAIN)
- Bongrain M., 1988, Gigantopecten du Miocène français (Pectinidae, Bivalvia)
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