Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.[1]
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]
Fossil valve of
Aequipecten radians from Pliocene of Italy
Species
Species within the genus Aequipecten include:
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Aequipecten acanthodes (Dall, 1925) — thistle scallop
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Aequipecten audouinii (Paryaudeau 1826) — sometimes given as a subspecies of A. opercularis
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Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato, 1875) — Canestrello scallop
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Aequipecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) — calico scallop
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Aequipecten glyptus (Wood, 1828) — red-ribbed scallop
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Aequipecten heliacus (Dall, 1925)
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Aequipecten irradians — Atlantic bay scallop
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Aequipecten lindae (Petuch, 1995)
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Aequipecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819) — wavy-lined scallop
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Aequipecten linki (Dall, 1926)
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Aequipecten muscosus — rough scallop
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Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Queen scallop
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Aequipecten tehuelchus (D'Orbigny, 1846) — Tehuelche scallop
References
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^ 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.
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^ Fossilworks
