Schizodus
Schizodus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Trigoniida |
Family: | † |
Genus: | †Schizodus King, 1844 |
Schizodus[1] is an extinct genus of shallow marine clams. It lived from the Silurian to Early Jurassic periods.
Schizodus is the exemplar of schizodonts, clams having reverse V-shaped scissurate hinge teeth, and often an elongated lateral tooth.
References[]
- ^ King, W. (1844). "On a new genus of Paleozoic shells". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 1. 14: 313–317. doi:10.1080/037454809495183.
External links[]
- Schizodus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 2020-06-08)
- Schizodus at the Encyclopædia Britannica
Categories:
- Bivalves described in 1844
- Trigoniida
- Prehistoric bivalve genera
- Prehistoric bivalve stubs