Goniophora
Goniophora[1] is an extinct genus of clams. It lived during the Ordovician to Permian periods.
| Goniophora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | †Modiomorphida |
| Family: | †Modiomorphidae |
| Subfamily: | †Modiomorphinae |
| Genus: | †Goniophora Phillips, 1848 |
Description
Goniophora has a sharply angular, distinctive shell with a prominent ridge extending the length of the shell. The shell also has fine growth lines.
References
- Phillips, John (1848). The Malvern Hills compared with the Paleozoic districts of Abberley. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London. Volume II, Part I. p. 264.
External links
- Goniophora at fossilworks.org (retrieved 2020-06-08)
- Goniophora at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- "Goniophora hamiltonensis pelecypod from the Moscow Formation". Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- "Goniophora Bivalve Shell (open)". Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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