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Thracia
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Pandoracea
Family:
Thraciidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Thracia SOWERBY, 1823 (ex LEACH MS)
Type Species:
''T. pubescens LAM." (="'Mya pubescens PULTENEY, 1799); SD ANTON, 1839)
Images
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Fig. F27,11. *T. (T.) pubescens (Pulteney), Rec., Eng., 11a-c, LV int., RV hinge, LV view both valves, X1 (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858).
Synonyms
Throna, Osteodesma, Odoneineta, Odontoeineta, Corymya, Corimya, Homoeodesma, Eximiothraeia, Cetothrax
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Pac.-Atl.-Afr.-Arctic
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Oblong, somewhat inflated, nearly equilateral, posterior end broadly truncate and set off by low ridge; periostracum present in some.
References
Soot-Ryen, Tron, 1941, Northern pelecypods in the collection of Tromsø Museum. 1. Order Anomalodesmacea, families Pholadomyidae, Thraciidae and Periplomatidae: Tromsø Museum Aarshefter, Naturhist. Avd. no. 17, v. 61 Soot-Ryen, Tron, , no. 1, 41 p., 10 pl.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Pandoracea
Family:
Thraciidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Thracia SOWERBY, 1823 (ex LEACH MS)
Type Species:
''T. pubescens LAM." (="'Mya pubescens PULTENEY, 1799); SD ANTON, 1839)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. F27,11. *T. (T.) pubescens (Pulteney), Rec., Eng., 11a-c, LV int., RV hinge, LV view both valves, X1 (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858).
Synonyms
Throna, Osteodesma, Odoneineta, Odontoeineta, Corymya, Corimya, Homoeodesma, Eximiothraeia, Cetothrax
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Pac.-Atl.-Afr.-Arctic
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Oblong, somewhat inflated, nearly equilateral, posterior end broadly truncate and set off by low ridge; periostracum present in some.
References
Soot-Ryen, Tron, 1941, Northern pelecypods in the collection of Tromsø Museum. 1. Order Anomalodesmacea, families Pholadomyidae, Thraciidae and Periplomatidae: Tromsø Museum Aarshefter, Naturhist. Avd. no. 17, v. 61 Soot-Ryen, Tron, , no. 1, 41 p., 10 pl.