title: Aequipecten
text: # 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
  