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Abiella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Palaeoheterodonta
    Order:  
Unionoida (Freshwater mussels and relatives)
    Superfamily:  
Anthracosiacea
    Family:  
Microdontidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Abiella RAGOZIN, 1955
    Type Species:  
Posidonomya concinna Jones, 1901; OD


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Fig. D11,2. *A. concinna (Jones), RV ext., X3 (Ragozin, 1955)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

USSR(Sib.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Perm.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Asselian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
298.89
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Like Microdontella, but apparently lacking microdont dentition, straight anterior and posterior parts of short hinge line meeting in wide angle at umbo




References



Museum or Author Information

Ragozin, 1955