Scallops
Family: Pectinidae (Wilkes, 1810)
One of very few groups of bivalves to be primarily
free-living, with many species capable of rapidly swimming
short distances or migrating from one area to another.
Scallops are fragile and rarely found in New Jersey. (Richards et
al, 1962) lists over 10 species from New
Jersey.
Pecten sp.
Tinton Formation -
Cretaceous
Monmouth, County, NJ
References
Richards, H. G., 1958. The Cretaceous fossils of New
Jersey. (Part 1). New Jersey Dept. of Conservation and Economic
Development. New Jersey Geology Survey Bulletin, vol. 61, 266 p., 46
pls.
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