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Noetia
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Arcoida
Superfamily:
Arcacea
Family:
Noetiidae
Subfamily:
Noetiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Noetia GRAY, 1857
Type Species:
N. triangularis ( *Arca reversa SOWERBY, 1833), OD
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Fig. C9,3. *N. (N.) reversa (Sowerby), Rec., Panama, 3 a, b, RV int., both valves, RV view, × 1 (Maury, 1922).
Synonyms
Noetiella
Geographic Distribution
L.Cret.-Rec., cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Rhomboidal to subtrigonal, heavy shells, produced posteroventrally, beaks opisthogyre, high when situated just anterior to mid-point of hinge, becoming lower when posterior, ornamented with subequal costae, inner margin crenulated posteroventrally
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Arcoida
Superfamily:
Arcacea
Family:
Noetiidae
Subfamily:
Noetiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Noetia GRAY, 1857
Type Species:
N. triangularis ( *Arca reversa SOWERBY, 1833), OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C9,3. *N. (N.) reversa (Sowerby), Rec., Panama, 3 a, b, RV int., both valves, RV view, × 1 (Maury, 1922).
Synonyms
Noetiella
Geographic Distribution
L.Cret.-Rec., cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Rhomboidal to subtrigonal, heavy shells, produced posteroventrally, beaks opisthogyre, high when situated just anterior to mid-point of hinge, becoming lower when posterior, ornamented with subequal costae, inner margin crenulated posteroventrally