Praecardiida, the Glossary
Praecardiida is an extinct order of fossil saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.[1]
Table of Contents
4 relations: Bivalvia, Extinction, Mollusca, Ocean.
- 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.
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
See Praecardiida and Extinction
Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.
Ocean
The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.
See also
Prehistoric bivalves
- Arca mailleana
- Chesapecten jeffersonius
- Chione chipolana
- Chione erosa
- Concavodontinae
- Cyprina ligeriensis
- Fordilloidea
- Gryphaea dilatata
- Hippurites atheniensis
- Hippurites cornuvaccinum
- Hippuritida
- Inoceramus cuvieri
- Megalodontoidea
- Modiomorphida
- Praecardiida
- Praenuculinae
- Rudists
- Swiftopecten djoserus
- Trigoniida
- Trigonioidea
- Tuarangia
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praecardiida
Also known as Praecardioida.