Propeamussiidae
Propeamussiidae Temporal range:
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Fossil shells of Propeamussium eocenicum from Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pectinida |
Superfamily: | Pectinoidea |
Family: | Propeamussiidae Abbot, 1954 |
Genera | |
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Propeamussiidae, sometimes referred to as glass scallops mud scallops or mud pectens, are a
Valves of these animals are fragile, either equivalved or nearly so, small to medium-sized, and are described as subcircular to obscurely ovate in shape. Like other scallops, the valves have pronounced "ears" on the anterior and posterior sides of the hinge joint. Valves are also very nearly equilateral. All species have a byssal notch which will vary with depth of species.[2]
Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Quaternary period (242.0 to 0.0 Ma). The majority of fossils of this family are distributed throughout Europe and North America.[3]
Genera
Genera within the family Propeamussidae include:
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