Aequipecten trigintaradiata Sowerby 1850 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Mimachlamys trigintaradiata, Pecten trigintaradiata

Full reference: J. d.e. C. Sowerby. 1850. Notes and descriptions of new species (Brackelsham Mollusca) – Descriptions of the fossils from the Eocene deposits of Bognor (Mollusca) – Figs. of Mollusca. The Geology and Fossils of the tertiary and cretaceous formations of Sussex 162-194

Belongs to Aequipecten according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

See also Sowerby 1850 and Tracey et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Aequipecten (Aequipecten), Aequipecten bierringi, Aequipecten commutatus, Aequipecten comparilis, Aequipecten decorus, Aequipecten florida, Aequipecten macrotis, Aequipecten malvinae, Aequipecten opercularis, Aequipecten paranensis, Aequipecten radians, Aequipecten suwaneensis, Aequipecten tehuelchus, Aequipecten wagenaari, Chlamys (Aequipecten) chickaria, Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoanus, Chlamys (Aequipecten) durchanaensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) gainestownensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) glendonensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) redwoodensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) subtripartita, Chlamys (Aequipecten) thunensis, Chlamys (Aequipecten) waynensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) arlesiensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) ternatus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) walleri, Pecten (Aequipecten) hallae, Pecten (Aequipecten) palmeri, Pecten (Aequipecten) preglyptus, Pecten (Aequipecten) seinaamensis, Pecten (Aequipecten) subserraticosta

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aequipecten trigintaradiata in the database

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