Cassiavellia

Cassiavellia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pteriida
Family:	†Bakevelliidae
Genus:	†Cassiavellia; Tëmkin and Pojeta, Jr, 2010
Species
	Cassiavellia galtarae †; Cassiavellia nadkevnae †;

Cassiavellia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Pteriomorphia. This genus existed in what is now Texas, during the upper Permian period.^[1] The type species is Cassiavellia galtarae, and the genus also contains the species C. nadkevnae.

References

^ Ilya Tëmkin and John Pojeta, Jr. (2010). "Cassiavellia galtarae, New Species, New Genus: A New Permian Bivalve and its Significance for Pterioidean Systematics". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (6): 1152–1176. doi:10.1666/10-022.1.

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[1] Ilya Tëmkin and John Pojeta, Jr. (2010). "Cassiavellia galtarae, New Species, New Genus: A New Permian Bivalve and its Significance for Pterioidean Systematics". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (6): 1152–1176. doi:10.1666/10-022.1.

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