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Arca mailleana

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Arca mailleana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Arca
Species:
A. mailleana
Binomial name
Arca mailleana
d'Orbigny, 1844

Arca mailleana is an extinct species of saltwater clam, a fossil marine bivalve mollusk in the family Arcidae, the ark shells. This species was described by Alcide d'Orbigny in 1843.[1]

References

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  1. ^ d'Orbigny 1843, p. 229

Bibliography

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  • d'Orbigny, Alcide (1843). Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques & rayonnés fossiles de France. Vol. 3. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. p. 807. Retrieved 26 August 2013.