Cassiavellia
| Cassiavellia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Pteriomorphia |
| Family: | Bakevelliidae † |
| Genus: | Cassiavellia † Tëmkin and Pojeta, Jr, 2010 |
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Cassiavellia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subclass Pteriomorpha. 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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