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Aequipecten
Sign in to saveAequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
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Atlantic Bay Scallop
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderPectinida
- FamilyPectinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations6,853
Observations recorded28,058
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- Aequipecten
- start time
- 247200000-
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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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Mollusca
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Bivalvia
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Pectinidae
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Aequipecten opercularis
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Animalia
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Carl Linnaeus
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Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
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Cretaceous
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Jurassic
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Triassic
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Cambrian
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Devonian
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Permian
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Silurian
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