Lopha marshii

Lopha marshii
Temporal range: Bajocian, 168.3–170.3 Ma
Fossil Lopha marshii from Vaches Noires (Calvados) at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Suborder: Ostreina
Superfamily: Ostreoidea
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Lopha
Species: L. marshii
Binomial name
Lopha marshii
(Sowerby, 1914)

Lopha marshii is a fossil species of true oyster, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae, the true oysters. This species was present in the Bajocian age (about 170 mya).

See also

List of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record

References


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