Gryphaea arcuata
Extinct species of bivalve / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gryphaea arcuata is an extinct species of foam oyster, a bivalve mollusc in the family Gryphaeidae from the Early Jurassic of Europe.
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Gryphaea arcuata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Gryphaeidae |
Genus: | †Gryphaea |
Species: | †G. arcuata |
Binomial name | |
†Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, 1801 | |
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It is commonly referred to in English folklore as the 'devils toenail' due to its supposed resemblance to the devil's 'cloven hoof'.