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Chesapecten
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Chesapecten

Chesapecten is an extinct genus of scallop known from marine strata from the early Miocene to the early Pleistocene of the Eastern United States.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Chesapecten jeffersonius

speciesChesapecten jeffersonius

Chesapecten madisonius

speciesChesapecten madisonius

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 317865.