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Amusium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Pectinoida

Higher classification
  
Pectinidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Pectinidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Amusium pleuronectes, Bivalvia, Pectinidae, Molluscs, Chlamys

Amusium finger gun


Amusium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks belonging to the family Pectinidae.

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Extant species

  • Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758

    • Extinct species

    Extinct species within this genus include:

  • †Amusium aguaclarensis Hodson 1927
  • †Amusium balloti Bernardi 1861
  • †Amusium bocasense Olsson 1922
  • †Amusium cristatum (Bronn, 1827)
  • †Amusium darwinianum d'Orbigny 1846
  • †Amusium filosum Hauer 1857
  • †Amusium hulshofi Martin 1883
  • †Amusium lucens Tate 1886
  • †Amusium mimyum Woodring 1982
  • †Amusium mortoni Ravenel 1844
  • †Amusium orientale Dey 1961
  • †Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873
  • †Amusium paris del Rio 1992
  • †Amusium sol Brown and Pilsbry 1913
  • †Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
  • †Amussium alazanum Cooke 1928
  • †Amussium destefanii Ugolini 1903
  • †Amussium lompocensis Arnold 1907
  • †Amussium subcorneum d'Archaic and Haime 1854

    • This genus is known in the fossil record from the Carboniferous period to the Quaternary period (age range: 336.0 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.

    References

    Amusium Wikipedia
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