Propeamussium
Propeamussium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Ostreoida.[1]
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Fossil shells of Propeamussium eocenicum from Syria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Family: | Propeamussiidae |
Genus: | Propeamussium de Gregorio, 1884 |
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Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Pliocene age (235.0 to 3.6 Ma). The majority of fossils of this genus are distributed throughout Europe and North America.[2]
Selected species
- Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Propeamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886)
- Propeamussium octodecimliratum Melvill & Standen, 1907
- Propeamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886)
- Propeamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886)
- Propeamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
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References
- Frederick A. Sundberg - Propeamussium Species (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern California - Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 53–63
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