Flabellipecten

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Flabellipecten
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent
Pectinidae - Flabellipecten flabelliformis.jpg
A fossil valve of Flabellipecten flabelliformis.
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Flabellipecten

Sacco 1897
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Flabellipecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

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