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Modiomorpha

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Palaeoheterodonta
    Order:  
Modiomorphoida
    Superfamily:  
Modiomorphacea
    Family:  
Modiomorphidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Modiomorpha Hall & WHITFIELD, 1869, p. 72
    Type Species:  
Pterinea concentrica Conrad, 1838, SD HALL, 1885


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Geographic Distribution

M.Sil.-L.Perm.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Sil.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sheinwoodian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
432.93
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Mesial ventral sinus and oblique preumbonal sulcus distinct, LV with 1 large wedge-shaped tooth, RV with corresponding socket, without laterals




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