Schizodus
Appearance
Schizodus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Trigoniida |
Family: | †Schizodidae |
Genus: | †Schizodus King, 1844 |
Schizodus[1] is an extinct genus of shallow marine clams. It lived from the Silurian to Early Jurassic periods.
Schizodus is the exemplar of schizodonts, clams having reverse V-shaped scissurate hinge teeth, and often an elongated lateral tooth.
References
[edit]- ^ King, W. (1844). "On a new genus of Paleozoic shells". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 1. 14 (92): 313–317. doi:10.1080/037454809495183.
External links
[edit]- "Schizodus". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- Schizodus at the Encyclopædia Britannica