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Pelecyora

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Pelecyora
Temporal range: 55.8–0.0 Ma
Fossil valve of Pelecyora brocchii from Pliocene of Italy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Pelecyora
Dall, 1902
Species

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Pelecyora is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

Species

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Species within the genus Pelecyora include:

Distribution

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Fossils of Pelecyora are found in the marine strata throughout the world, including the Quaternary of Thailand, the Pliocene of Italy and Spain, the Miocene of Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and the Eocene of Belgium, Pakistan and the United States.

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