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Extinct species of bivalve From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hippurites atheniensis is an extinct species of fossil saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Hippuritidae. These fossils occur in the Late Cretaceous deposits of Greece, Serbia, Dalmatia, Istria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Italy.
Hippurites atheniensis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Specimen of Hippurites atheniensis from Greece | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | †Hippuritida |
Family: | †Hippuritidae |
Genus: | †Hippurites |
Species: | †H. atheniensis |
Binomial name | |
†Hippurites atheniensis Ktenas, 1907 | |
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