Aequipecten

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Aequipecten
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Suborder: Pectinina
Superfamily: Pectinoidea
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Aequipecten
Species

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Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae. This genus includes species such as the Atlantic bay scallop, the queen scallop and the rough scallop.

[edit] Species within the genus Aequipecten

  • Aequipecten audouinii (Paryaudeau 1826) - sometimes given as a subspecies of A. opercularis
  • Canestrello Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato 1875)
  • Calico scallop Aequipecten gibbus
  • Red-ribbed Scallop Aequipecten glyptus (Wood, 1828).
  • Aequipecten heliacus (Dall, 1925)
  • Atlantic bay scallop Aequipecten irradians
  • Aequipecten lindae (Petuch, 1995)
  • Wavy-lined scallop Aequipecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Aequipecten linki (Dall, 1926)
  • Rough scallop Aequipecten muscosus
  • Queen scallop Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Tehuelche scallop, Aequipecten tehuelchus (D'Orb., 1846)
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