Cassiavellia

Cassiavellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Family: Bakevelliidae †
Genus: Cassiavellia †
Tëmkin and Pojeta, Jr, 2010
Species
  • Cassiavellia galtarae †
  • Cassiavellia nadkevnae †

Cassiavellia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subclass Pteriomorphia. This genus existed in what is now Texas, during the upper Permian period.[1] The type species is Cassiavellia galtarae, and the genus also contains the species C. nadkevnae.

References

  1. ↑ Ilya Tëmkin and John Pojeta, Jr. (2010). "Cassiavellia galtarae, New Species, New Genus: A New Permian Bivalve and its Significance for Pterioidean Systematics". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (6): 1152–1176. doi:10.1666/10-022.1.


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