Inoceramidae
The Inoceramidae are an extinct family of bivalves ("clams") in the Class Mollusca. Fossils of inoceramids are found in marine sediments of Permian to latest Cretaceous in age. Inoceramids tended to live in upper bathyal and neritic environments.[1]
| Inoceramidae | |
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| Inoceramus from the Cretaceous of South Dakota | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Superfamily: | †Ambonychioidea |
| Family: | †Inoceramidae |
Taxonomy
Inoceramidae Giebel 1852
- Genus Actinoceramus Meek, 1864 (Synonym = Birostrina De Luc & Sowerby, 1821)
- Genus Anopaea Eichwald, 1861
- Genus Arctomytiloides Polubotko, 1992
- Genus Cataceramus Cox, 1969
- Genus Cladoceramus Seitz, 1961
- Genus Cremnoceramus Heinz, 1932
- Genus Endocostea Whitfield, 1877
- Genus Inoceramus Sowerby, 1814
- Subgenus Inoceramus (Cordiceramus) (Heinz, 1932)
- Subgenus Inoceramus (Inoceramus) Sowerby, 1814
- Subgenus Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) (Böhm, 1915)
- Genus Magadiceramus Heinz, 1932
- Genus Mytiloides Brongniart, 1822
- Genus Neocomiceramus Pokhialainen, 1972
- Genus Neoinoceramus Ihering, 1902
- Genus Parainoceramus Voronetz, 1936
- Genus Platyceramus Heinz, 1932
- Genus Pseudomytiloides Koschelkina, 1963
- Genus Retroceramus Koschelkina, 1958
- Genus Spyridoceramus Cox, 1969
- Genus Tethyoceramus Sornay, 1980
- Genus Trochoceramus Heinz, 1932
- Genus Volviceramus Stoliczka, 1871
Footnotes
- "Paleoecologic Context", Pasch and May (2001); pages 224–225.
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