Aequipecten
# Aequipecten

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.

## 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 (Linnaeus, 1758) — 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
