Aequipecten
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| Aequipecten Temporal range: | |
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| Queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886 |
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Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.[1]
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]
