Arca mailleana
| Arca mailleana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: | Arca |
| Species: | †A. mailleana |
| Binomial name | |
| †Arca mailleana d'Orbigny, 1844 | |
Arca mailleana is an extinct species of saltwater clam, a fossil marine bivalve mollusk in the family Arcidae, the ark shells. This species was described by Alcide d'Orbigny in 1843.[1]
References
- ^ d'Orbigny 1843, p. 229
Bibliography
- d'Orbigny, Alcide (1843). Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques & rayonnés fossiles de France. Vol. 3. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. p. 807. Retrieved 26 August 2013.