Cassiavellia
| Cassiavellia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Family: | †Bakevelliidae |
| Genus: | † Tëmkin and Pojeta Jr, 2010 |
| Species | |
| |
Cassiavellia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Pteriomorphia. This genus existed in what is now Texas, during the upper Permian period.[1] The type species is Cassiavellia galtarae, and the genus also contains the species C. nadkevnae.
References
- ^ Ilya Tëmkin and John Pojeta Jr. (2010). "Cassiavellia galtarae, New Species, New Genus: A New Permian Bivalve and its Significance for Pterioidean Systematics". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (6): 1152–1176. doi:10.1666/10-022.1. S2CID 85027152.