Cassiavellia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Family: | † Bakevelliidae |
Genus: | †
Cassiavellia Tëmkin and Pojeta Jr, 2010 |
Species | |
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Cassiavellia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs 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.
Cassiavellia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Family: | † Bakevelliidae |
Genus: | †
Cassiavellia Tëmkin and Pojeta Jr, 2010 |
Species | |
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Cassiavellia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs 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.