Biology:Amusium

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Amusium Temporal range: Carboniferous - recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shells of Amusium cristatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Amusium Röding, 1798
Synonyms
Pecten (Pleuronectia) Swainson, 1840 Pleuronectes Bronn, 1832 Pleuronectia Swainson, 1840

Amusium is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pectinidae.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q18588715 entry