Cyclocardia elegans

Cyclocardia elegans
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditoida
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Cyclocardia
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Cyclocardia elegans
Lamarck 1806[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) elegans (Lamarck, 1806)
  • Cardita elegans (Lamarck, 1806)
  • Cardita elegans (Requien, 1848)[2]
  • Cardita (Venericardia) elegans (Lamarck, 1806)
  • Venericardia elegans

Cyclocardia elegans is an extinct species of clams in the family Carditidae.

The specimen MNHN.F.J07579 was found at Parc de l'Institut national agronomique, in Thiverval-Grignon, Yvelines, France.[3]

References

  1. Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris, 6. JB Lamarck - Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1806
  2. Catalogue des coquilles de l'île de Corse. E Requien - 1848
  3. specimen MNHN.F.J07579 at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

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