Amusium
| Amusium | |
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| Fossil shells of Amusium cristatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinoida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Amusium Röding, 1798 |
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Amusium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks belonging to the family Pectinidae.
Extant species
- Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758[1]
Extinct species
Extinct species within this genus include:[2]
- †Amusium aguaclarensis Hodson 1927
- †Amusium balloti Bernardi 1861
- †Amusium bocasense Olsson 1922
- †Amusium cristatum (Bronn, 1827)
- †Amusium darwinianum d'Orbigny 1846
- †Amusium filosum Hauer 1857
- †Amusium hulshofi Martin 1883
- †Amusium lucens Tate 1886
- †Amusium mimyum Woodring 1982
- †Amusium mortoni Ravenel 1844
- †Amusium orientale Dey 1961
- †Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873
- †Amusium paris del Rio 1992
- †Amusium sol Brown and Pilsbry 1913
- †Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
- †Amussium alazanum Cooke 1928
- †Amussium destefanii Ugolini 1903
- †Amussium lompocensis Arnold 1907
- †Amussium subcorneum d'Archaic and Haime 1854
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Carboniferous period to the Quaternary period (age range: 336.0 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.[2]
References
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