Aequipecten Explained

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]

Species

Species within the genus Aequipecten include:

• Aequipecten acanthodes (Dall, 1925) - thistle scallop
• Aequipecten audouinii (Paryaudeau 1826) - sometimes given as a subspecies of A. opercularis
• Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato, 1875) - Canestrello scallop
• Aequipecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) - calico scallop
• Aequipecten glyptus (Wood, 1828) - red-ribbed scallop
• Aequipecten heliacus (Dall, 1925)
• Aequipecten irradians - Atlantic bay scallop
• Aequipecten lindae (Petuch, 1995)
• Aequipecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819) - wavy-lined scallop
• Aequipecten linki (Dall, 1926)
• Aequipecten muscosus - rough scallop
• Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Queen scallop
• Aequipecten tehuelchus (D'Orbigny, 1846) - Tehuelche scallop

External links

• Catalogue of Life

Notes and References

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. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=16446 Fossilworks