''Gigantopecten latissimus'' is a species of fossil
scallop
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, a
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bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusk in the
family Pectinidae, the scallops. This species lived during the
Miocene and the
Pliocene. Fossils have been found in the sediments of France and Spain.
Description
''Gigantopecten latissimus'' has a shell reaching a height of about and a length of about . This shell is thick and biconvex. The left valve is slightly more convex than the right one. The outer surface of the right valve has six shallow radial ribs that are rectangular in cross-section, while the left valve shows five radial ribs on the external surface. Both valves have distinct concentric growth striae.
[Antonio P. JIMÉNEZ, Julio AGUIRRE, and Pascual RIVA]
TAXONOMIC STUDY OF SCALLOPS (PECTINIDAE: MOLLUSCA, BIVALVIA) FROM PLIOCENE DEPOSITS (ALMERÍA, SE SPAIN)
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References
Pectinidae
Bivalves described in 1814
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