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Pholadomya is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadomyidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. FamilyPholadomyidae
Habitatmarine
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Specimen records
960
With media
76
Family
Pholadomyidae
Collections
USNM, LACM, CMNH, SDNHM, YPM, UF
Recorded in
United States, United Kingdom

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pholadomyidae
Image
Pholadomyidae - Pholadomya scutata.JPG
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taxon name
Pholadomya
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Pholadomya
start time
251000000-
end time
2600000-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • Species
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Pholadomya is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadomyidae.

== Distribution == Fossil species within this genus lived during the Mesozoic era, in the opening South Atlantic, between present-day Brazil and Africa. In the Triassic of Argentina, Austria, Hungary and Italy fossils have been found. They are found in the Jurassic of the Coquina Group, La Guajira, Colombia among many other places. Of Campanian age, this genus is widespread as a fossil in Cameroon, France, Poland, Austria, Germany and the United States. Fossils up to the Neogene have been found in Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela (Pliocene Mare and Playa Grande Formations) and Miocene Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Germany, India, Japan, Malta, Moldova, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. Today, only a single species, P. candida from the Caribbean is known to be extant.

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