Pattypan or Sunburst squash is a "summer squash," which are usually bushy and shorter lived, as opposed to "winter squash" which are often lengthy vines and longer lived. Taste is similar to zucchini.The side view shape reminds me of Pacman Ghostswww.flickr.com/photos/14930539@N07/1796028663/in/photolis...
Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, id est, Elisabethae Blackwell collectio stirpium.Norimbergae : Typis Io. Iosephi Fleischmanni, 1750-1773..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/291027