Lopha marshii

Lopha marshii is a fossil species of true oyster, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae, the true oysters. This species was present in the Bajocian age (about 170 mya).

Lopha marshii
Temporal range: Bajocian, 168.3–170.3 Ma
Fossil Lopha marshii from Vaches Noires (Calvados) at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Lopha
Species:
L. marshii
Binomial name
Lopha marshii
(Sowerby, 1914)

See also

List of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record

References


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