Biology:Lopha marshii

Short description: Extinct species of bivalve

Lopha marshii Temporal range: Bajocian, 170.3–168.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil Lopha marshii from Vaches Noires (Calvados) at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreida
Family:	Ostreidae
Genus:	Lopha
Species:	L. marshii
Binomial name
Lopha marshii (Sowerby, 1814)

Lopha marshii is a fossil species of true oyster, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae, the true oysters. This species was present in the Bajocian age (about 170 mya).

References

• Biolib
• Paleobiology Database
• Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database

Wikidata ☰ Q16657803 entry