Gigantopecten is a genus of fossil scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature (ITZN)
These facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived from the Oligocene to the Quaternary period (from 33.9 to 0.781 Ma).Paleobiology Database
Species Species within the genus Gigantopecten include:Europeana Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) Gigantopecten nodosiformis (Pusch, 1837) Gigantopecten pittieri Dall 1912 Gigantopecten gigasBongrain M. Gigantopecten du Miocène français (Pectinidae, Bivalvia) (Schlotheim, 1813)
Description Species within this genus have a very large shells, reaching a height of about and a length of about . The shell is thick and biconvex. The left valve is slightly more convex than the right one. The radial ribs are wide, but very shallow. Both auricles are the same size and shape.Antonio P. JIMÉNEZ, Julio AGUIRRE, and Pascual RIVAS TAXONOMIC STUDY OF SCALLOPS (PECTINIDAE: MOLLUSCA, BIVALVIA) FROM PLIOCENE DEPOSITS (ALMERÍA, SE SPAIN)
Distribution Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the sediments of the United States, Italy, Algeria, Austria, Cuba, France, Haiti, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Iran.
References
Bongrain M., 1988, Gigantopecten du Miocène français (Pectinidae, Bivalvia)
External links Natural History Museum of Crete