Schizodus

Schizodus
Temporal range: Silurian–Early Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ 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.
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