Biology:Carbonicola

Short description: Extinct genus of bivalves

Carbonicola Temporal range: Bashkirian–Moscovian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	†Anthracosiidae
Genus:	†Carbonicola MacCoy 1855
Species
Carbonicola acuta Carbonicola aquilina Carbonicola elegans Carbonicola similis
Synonyms
Anthracosia King 1856

Carbonicola is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks that lived during the Carboniferous period.

References

• Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 103)

External links

• Carbonicola at fossilworks.org

Wikidata ☰ Q3269944 entry