Hippurites atheniensis
Hippurites atheniensis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Specimen of Hippurites atheniensis from Greece | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Heterodonta |
Order: | Hippuritoida |
Superfamily: | Hippuritacea |
Family: | Hippuritidae |
Genus: | Hippurites |
Species: | H. atheniensis |
Binomial name | |
Hippurites atheniensis Ktenas 1907 | |
Hippurites atheniensis is an extinct species of fossil saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Hippuritidae. These fossils occur in the Late Cretaceous deposits of Greece, Serbia, Dalmatia, Istria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Italy.
References
- Global Names Index
- Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- R. Cestaria - 1995 - Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
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