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Genus of bivalves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Pectinidae |
Genus: | Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886 |
Species | |
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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]
Species within the genus Aequipecten include:
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