Myophorella
Appearance
Myophorella Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Trigoniida |
Family: | Trigoniidae |
Subfamily: | †Myophorellinae |
Genus: | †Myophorella Bayle, 1878 |
Myophorella is a genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Trigoniidae. These bivalves are sometimes preserved with mineralized soft tissue.[1]
References
- ^ Philip R. Wilby & Martin A. Whyte (2009). "Phosphatized soft tissues in bivalves from the Portland Roach of Dorset (Upper Jurassic)". Geological Magazine. 132 (1): 117–120. doi:10.1017/S001675680001147X.
External links
- Media related to Myophorella at Wikimedia Commons