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Burmesia
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Pholadomyacea
Family:
Burmesiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Burmesia HEALEY, 1908, p. 58
Type Species:
B. latouchii, SD DIENER, 1923, p. 247
Images
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Fig. F17,1. B. lirata Healey, U.Trias.(Rhaet.), Burma, pair of valves, RV below, X1 (Healey, 1908).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Jordan-Burma-Indonesia-Japan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U. Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Jur.(Lias.)
Ending International Stage:
Toarcian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
174.7
Description
Elongate-ovate, beaks very slightly anterior to mid-length, valves gaping slightly in front, more widely behind, posterior end of shell ornamented with concentric folds and subordinate radial threads, anterior end commonly bearing depressed folds which are almost perpendicular to hinge line and cross growth lines obliquely
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Pholadomyacea
Family:
Burmesiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Burmesia HEALEY, 1908, p. 58
Type Species:
B. latouchii, SD DIENER, 1923, p. 247
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. F17,1. B. lirata Healey, U.Trias.(Rhaet.), Burma, pair of valves, RV below, X1 (Healey, 1908).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Jordan-Burma-Indonesia-Japan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U. Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Jur.(Lias.)
Ending International Stage:
Toarcian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
174.7
Description
Elongate-ovate, beaks very slightly anterior to mid-length, valves gaping slightly in front, more widely behind, posterior end of shell ornamented with concentric folds and subordinate radial threads, anterior end commonly bearing depressed folds which are almost perpendicular to hinge line and cross growth lines obliquely