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Aequipecten
Sign in to saveAequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
Species
Atlantic Bay Scallop
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderPectinida
- FamilyPectinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations6,853
Observations recorded28,058
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 398
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Pectinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, SDNHM, CMNH, UCMP
- Recorded in
- Morocco, Italy, Chile, United States, France, Ecuador
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Fossil records
- Species
- References
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Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
==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. thumb|240px|right|Fossil valve of Aequipecten radians from Pliocene of Italy
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