Aequipecten
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| Queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
| Suborder: | Pectinina |
| Superfamily: | Pectinoidea |
| 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]
[edit] 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 — 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
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
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