Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.[1]

Aequipecten
Temporal range: Triassic - Recent
Queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Aequipecten
P. Fischer, 1886
Species

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Fossil records

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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.[2]

 
Fossil valve of Aequipecten radians from Pliocene of Italy

Species

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Species within the genus Aequipecten include:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Fossilworks
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