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Hippurites cornuvaccinum, the Glossary

Index Hippurites cornuvaccinum

Hippurites cornuvaccinum is a fossil saltwater clam, an extinct marine bivalve mollusk in the family Hippuritidae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 8 relations: Bivalvia, Extinction, Fossil, Greece, Late Cretaceous, Mollusca, Ocean, Rudists.

  2. Bivalves described in 1831
  3. Cretaceous bivalves
  4. Hippuritidae
  5. Prehistoric bivalves

Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.

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Ocean

The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.

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Rudists

Rudists are a group of extinct box-, tube- or ring-shaped marine heterodont bivalves belonging to the order Hippuritida that arose during the Late Jurassic and became so diverse during the Cretaceous that they were major reef-building organisms in the Tethys Ocean, until their complete extinction at the close of the Cretaceous. Hippurites cornuvaccinum and Rudists are Prehistoric bivalves.

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See also

Bivalves described in 1831

Cretaceous bivalves

Hippuritidae

Prehistoric bivalves

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippurites_cornuvaccinum