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Eupera
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Corbiculacea
Family:
Pisidiidae (pill clams)
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eupera BOURGUIGNAT, 1854
Type Species:
Pisidium (E.) moquinianum ( = ?Cyclas modioliformis ANTON, 1837), M
Images
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Fig. E141,3a,b. *E. moquiniana (Bourguignat), Rec., Brazil, 3 a, b, RV hinge, LV ext., X4 (Bourguignat, 1854); Fig. E141,3c. E. platensis Doello-Jurado, Rec., Argentina, LV int., X4 (Klappenbach, 1960)
Synonyms
Limosina, Clessinella
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia-N.Am.-S.Am.-Afr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Resembling Byssanodonta but with cardinal teeth evident in at least LV
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Veneroida
Superfamily:
Corbiculacea
Family:
Pisidiidae (pill clams)
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eupera BOURGUIGNAT, 1854
Type Species:
Pisidium (E.) moquinianum ( = ?Cyclas modioliformis ANTON, 1837), M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E141,3a,b. *E. moquiniana (Bourguignat), Rec., Brazil, 3 a, b, RV hinge, LV ext., X4 (Bourguignat, 1854); Fig. E141,3c. E. platensis Doello-Jurado, Rec., Argentina, LV int., X4 (Klappenbach, 1960)
Synonyms
Limosina, Clessinella
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia-N.Am.-S.Am.-Afr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Resembling Byssanodonta but with cardinal teeth evident in at least LV