Lopha marshii
| Lopha marshii Temporal range: Bajocian, 168.3–170.3 Ma | |
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| Fossil Lopha marshii from Vaches Noires (Calvados) at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreoida |
| Suborder: | Ostreina |
| Superfamily: | Ostreoidea |
| Family: | Ostreidae |
| Genus: | Lopha |
| Species: | L. marshii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lopha marshii (Sowerby, 1914) | |
Lopha marshii is a fossil species of true oyster, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae, the true oysters. This species was present in the Bajocian age (about 170 mya).
See also
List of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record
References
- Biolib
- Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
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