Aequipecten

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Aequipecten

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

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Aequipecten
Temporal range: Triassic - Recent
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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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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.[2]

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Fossil valve of Aequipecten radians from Pliocene of Italy

Species

Species within the genus Aequipecten include:

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