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Modiolopsis

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Palaeoheterodonta
    Order:  
Modiomorphoida
    Superfamily:  
Modiomorphacea
    Family:  
Modiomorphidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Modiolopsis HALL, 1847, p. 157
    Type Species:  
Pterinea modiolaris CONRAD, 1838, M


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Geographic Distribution

M.Ord.-U.Ord., N.Am., Sil.(Llandov.), Scot., ?U.Perm., USSR(Krasnowidowo, Volga R.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Ord.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Dapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
471.26
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Ord., Sil., ?U.Perm.(Llandov.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Telychian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
432.93


Description

Edentulous, without marked lateral sulcus or ventral




References

Hall, James, 1847, Palaeontology: Geol. Survey of New York, v. 1, xxiii + 338 p., 87 pl. (Albany).


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