Chesapecten
| Chesapecten Temporal range: Early Miocene to Early Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| Chesapecten jeffersonius (outside) | |
| Chesapecten jeffersonius (inside) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | †Chesapecten |
| Type species | |
| Chesapecten nefrens Ward & Blackwater, 1975 | |
Chesapecten is an extinct genus of scallop known from marine strata from the early Miocene to the early Pleistocene of the Eastern United States.
It flourished in the shallow seas along the Mid-Atlantic during this period. Other scallops lived at the same time, but Chesapectens were the most abundant.
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