Actinoceramus
Actinoceramus is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine pteriomorphian bivalve molluscs. These bivalves were facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeders.
| Actinoceramus | |
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| Fossil Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) sulcatus from Albian age of England at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Family: | †Inoceramidae |
| Genus: | †Actinoceramus Meek, 1864 |
Species
Species within Actinoceramus:
- Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus Parkinson 1819
- Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) salomoni d'Orbigny 1850
- Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) subsulcatus Wiltshire 1869
- Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) sulcatus Parkinson 1819
Distribution
Fossils of species of this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Antarctica, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia (Hiló Formation, Tolima), Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.[1]
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References
- Actinoceramus at Fossilworks.org
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