Biology:Hippurites atheniensis

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Short description: Extinct species of bivalve

Hippurites atheniensis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Hippuritidae - Hippurites atheniensis.JPG
Specimen of Hippurites atheniensis from Greece
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Hippuritida
Family: Hippuritidae
Genus: Hippurites
Species:
H. atheniensis
Binomial name
Hippurites atheniensis
Ktenas, 1907

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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16983189 entry