''Aviculopecten'' is an extinct

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of bivalve mollusc that lived from the

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to the

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, Australia,

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, North America, and

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.''Aviculopecten''
at Fossilworks.org A fine fossil of the species ''A. subcardiformis'' has been found in the 345 million year old Logan Formation of

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. It is an external mould and the impression left by the valve is so clear that the fine ridges and even the growth lines are visible.Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A sweet local scallop (Lower Carboniferous of Wooster)
Wooster geologists. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

Species

The following species of ''Aviculopecten'' have been described: * ''A. altus'' * ''A. appalachianus'' * ''A. arctisulcatus'' * ''A. artiensis'' * ''A. asiaticus'' * ''A. ballingerana'' * ''A. basilicus'' * ''A. batesvillensis'' * ''A. beipeiensis'' * ''A. bellatulus'' * ''A. bertrandi'' * ''A. bouei'' * ''A. caodigouensis'' * ''A. columbianus'' * ''A. coryeanus'' * ''A. coxanus'' * ''A. crebristriatus'' * ''A. crenistriatus'' * ''A. cunctatus'' * ''A. cypticostatus'' * ''A. densistriatus'' * ''A. derajatensis'' * ''A. diemenensis'' * ''A. draschei'' * ''A. eaglensis'' * ''A. expositus'' * ''A. flabellum'' * ''A. frederixi'' * ''A. germanus'' * ''A. giganteus'' * ''A. girtyi'' * ''A. gradicosta'' * ''A. gryphus'' * ''A. guangxiensis'' * ''A. halensis'' * ''A. hardmani'' * ''A. hataii'' * ''A. hayasakai'' * ''A. hemisphaerus'' * ''A. idahoensis'' * ''A. imbricatus'' * ''A. inspeciosus'' * ''A. jabiensis'' * ''A. jennyi'' * ''A. jiaozishanensis'' * ''A. kaibabensis'' * ''A. katwahiensis'' * ''A. keoughensis'' * ''A. khinganensis'' * ''A. kunlunensis'' * ''A. langdaiensis'' * ''A. latrobensis'' * ''A. lobanovae'' * ''A. lopingensis'' * ''A. malayensis'' * ''A. mayesensis'' * ''A. mazonensis'' * ''A. mccoyi'' * ''A. media'' * ''A. minutum'' * ''A. misrikhanensis'' * ''A. moorei'' * ''A. morahensis'' * ''A. morrowensis'' * ''A. multilineatus'' * ''A. multiradiatus'' * ''A. nikolaewi'' * ''A. nitidus'' * ''A. nodocosta'' * ''A. occidentalis'' * ''A. onukii'' * ''A. orientalis'' * ''A. ozarkensis'' * ''A. panxianensis'' * ''A. paradoxus'' * ''A. pealei'' * ''A. peculiaris'' * ''A. pitkinensis'' * ''A. planoradiatus'' * ''A. ponderosus'' * ''A. praecox'' * ''A. prototextorius'' * ''A. pseudoctenostreon'' * ''A. pseudoradiatus'' * ''A. punjabensis'' * ''A. qinghaiensis'' * ''A. regularis'' * ''A. rossiensis'' * ''A. ruklensis'' * ''A. scheremetus'' * ''A. serdobowae'' * ''A. shiroshitai'' * ''A. sicanus'' * ''A. simplicus'' * ''A. spinocostatus'' * ''A. squamiger'' * ''A. squamula'' * ''A. squamula'' * ''A. subparadoxus'' * ''A. subregularis'' * ''A. subtristriatus'' * ''A. sulaensis'' * ''A. sumnerensis'' * ''A. symmetricus'' * ''A. terminalis'' * ''A. tompo'' * ''A. tristriatus'' * ''A. uralicus'' * ''A. verbeeki'' * ''A. waageni'' * ''A. wilczekiformis'' * ''A. winchelli'' * ''A. wynnei'' * ''A. xiaoyuanchongensis'' * ''A. yunnanensis'' * ''A. zhongyingensis''

Species

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