Pholadomya

Pholadomya
Fossil specimen of Pholadomya scutata species from Jurassic deposits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pholadomyoida
Family: Pholadomyidae
Genus: Pholadomya
G. B. Sowerby I, 1823

Pholadomya is a genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pholadomyidae. Fossils species within this genus lived during Mesozoic Era, in the South Atlantic, between Brazil and Africa. Of Campanian age, this genus is widespread as a fossil in Cameroon, France, Poland, Austria, Germany and the USA.

Species

Species within the genus Pholadomya include:

References

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