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Clausinella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Heterodonta
    Order:  
Veneroida
    Superfamily:  
Veneracea (Venus clams)
    Family:  
Veneridae
    Subfamily:  
Chioninae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Clausinella GRAY, 1851
    Type Species:  
"Chione fasciata" (i.e., "Pectunculus fasciatus DA COSTA, 1778); M


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Fig. E150,4. *C. fasciata (DA COSTA), Rec., Medit.; 4a-c, LV ext., RV and LV hinges, Xl (711 )


Synonyms

Zucleica, Anaitis


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-E.N.Am.- N.Z.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Oligo.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Rupelian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
33.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Sculpture of recurved, spaced concentric ridges; inner margins crenate.




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