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Lentidium
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Myoida
Suborder:
Myina
Superfamily:
Myacea
Family:
Corbulidae
Subfamily:
Lentidiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lentidium Cristofori & JAN, 1832
Type Species:
L. maculatum (Tellina mediterranea COSTA, 1829), SM
Images
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Fig. 158,5. *L. (L.) mediterraneum (COSTA), Rec., Italy; 5a,b, RV ext., int., X4 (944)
Synonyms
Corbulomya
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Asia-Atl.-Medit.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Shell thin, chondrophore projecting, muscle scars small and impressed, pallial sinus broad and shallow
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Myoida
Suborder:
Myina
Superfamily:
Myacea
Family:
Corbulidae
Subfamily:
Lentidiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lentidium Cristofori & JAN, 1832
Type Species:
L. maculatum (Tellina mediterranea COSTA, 1829), SM
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 158,5. *L. (L.) mediterraneum (COSTA), Rec., Italy; 5a,b, RV ext., int., X4 (944)
Synonyms
Corbulomya
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Asia-Atl.-Medit.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Paleoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Danian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
66.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Shell thin, chondrophore projecting, muscle scars small and impressed, pallial sinus broad and shallow