Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.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.
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.Fossilworks
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
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Catalogue of Life