Caestocorbula
Appearance
Caestocorbula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Myida |
Family: | Corbulidae |
Genus: | Caestocorbula Vincent, 1910[1] |
Species | |
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Caestocorbula is an extinct genus of saltwater clams in the family Corbulidae. The name has been created for fossils from the Eocene of Belgium.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Presence d'un plaque siphonale chez Corbula regulbiensis Morr. E Vincent - Ann Soc R Zool Malacol Belg, 1910, volume 44, pages 141
- ^ Gastropod predation on corbulid bivalves - Palaeoecology or Taphonomy ? Gino De Cauwer, Annls Soc. r. zool. Belg. - T. 115 (1985) - fasc . 2 - pages 183-196
- ^ The validity of the molluscan genus Caestocorbula Vincent. H. E. Vokes, Am J Sci, November 1, 1944, volume 242, pages 614-623, doi:10.2475/ajs.242.11.614
External links
[edit]- "Caestocorbula". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- Caestocorbula at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
- "Caestocorbula". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 7 September 2016.