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Gigantopecten

Gigantopecten is a genus of fossil scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

Species
Species within the genus Gigantopecten include: • Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) • Gigantopecten nodosiformis (Pusch, 1837) • Gigantopecten pittieri Dall 1912 • Gigantopecten gigas (Schlotheim, 1813) ==Description==
Description
Species within this genus have a very large shells, reaching a height of about and a length of about . The shell is thick and biconvex. The left valve is slightly more convex than the right one. The radial ribs are wide, but very shallow. Both auricles are the same size and shape. ==Distribution==
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the sediments of the United States, Italy, Algeria, Austria, Cuba, France, Haiti, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Iran. == References ==
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