Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.

The Paleobiology Database recognizes 126 fossil genera and 1791 fossil species of Pectinidae (unvetted). Paleoecology: The Pectinidae are mostly epibyssate, marine, filter-feeding bivalves.

This study seeks to determine evolutionary relationships within the Argopecten gibbus stock by working back through the fossil record from a model of the morphological and ecological …

2016年8月31日 · Pectens are a classic case of 'ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny', and their identification is complicated by parallel and convergent evolution of different species. As …

2001年9月1日 · Pecten jacobaeus fossils have been present in the Mediterranean region since the Pliocene (5.3 to 2.6 MYA) and P. maximus first appears in the fossil record in the …

Pecten used (Pecten) as an index poulsoni fossil for Morton the Vicksburg has long been Group of the Gulf Coastal Plain by field stratig- raphers and paleontologists. The Pecten poul- soni …

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The conservatism of a particular type of ligament in various modern and fossil pelecypod tribes suggests that ligament structures afford an extremely important, but sorely neglected, line of …

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Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family. This genus is known in the fossil …