Pycnodonte navicularis

Pycnodonte navicularis

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae

Neopycnodonte is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Gryphaeidae. This genus is very well represented in the fossil record, however the number of living species is very few. Fossil specimens of Neopycnodonte species possibly dating as old as about 60 million years (Paleocene).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 95France · 3United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

DescriptionNeopycnodonte, Wikipedia contributors

Pycnodonte navicularis

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