Biology:Diceras
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Short description: Extinct genus of bivalves
Diceras | |
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Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | †Hippuritida |
Suborder: | †Hippuritidina |
Superfamily: | †Radiolitoidea |
Family: | †Diceratidae |
Genus: | †Diceras Lamarck, 1805 |
Species | |
See text. |
Diceras is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs. These bivalves were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.
Species
Species within the genus Diceras:
- †Diceras brevicornum Karczewski 1969
- †Diceras impressum Karczewski 1969
- †Diceras originale Bayle 1873
Distribution
Fossils of species belonging to this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of France and in the Jurassic of Croatia, Czech Republic, France , Germany , Morocco, Poland , Romania and Slovenia.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q17104830 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diceras.
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