Propeamussium

Propeamussium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Ostreoida.[1]

Propeamussium
Temporal range: Triassic–Recent
Fossil shells of Propeamussium eocenicum from Syria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Propeamussiidae
Genus: Propeamussium
de Gregorio, 1884
Synonyms
  • Micramussium Oyama 1951
  • Paramusium Verrill 1897
  • Pseudopalliorum Oyama 1944

Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Pliocene age (235.0 to 3.6 Ma). The majority of fossils of this genus are distributed throughout Europe and North America.[2]

Selected species
  • Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Propeamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886)
  • Propeamussium octodecimliratum Melvill & Standen, 1907
  • Propeamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886)
  • Propeamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886)
  • Propeamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885)

References
  1. Biolib
  2. The Paleobiology Database
  • Frederick A. Sundberg - Propeamussium Species (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern California - Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 53–63


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