Diceras
Extinct genus of bivalves / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diceras is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs. These bivalves were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.
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Diceras | |
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Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | †Hippuritida |
Suborder: | †Hippuritidina |
Superfamily: | †Radiolitoidea |
Family: | †Diceratidae |
Genus: | †Diceras Lamarck, 1805 |
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