Amusium

Amusium Temporal range: Carboniferous - recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shells of Amusium cristatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinoida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Amusium Röding, 1798
Synonyms
Pecten (Pleuronectia) Swainson 1840 Pleuronectes Bronn 1832 Pleuronectia Swainson 1840

Amusium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks belonging to the family Pectinidae.

Extant species

• Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758^[1]

Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include:^[2]

• †Amusium aguaclarensis Hodson 1927
• †Amusium balloti Bernardi 1861
• †Amusium bocasense Olsson 1922
• †Amusium cristatum (Bronn, 1827)
• †Amusium darwinianum d'Orbigny 1846
• †Amusium filosum Hauer 1857
• †Amusium hulshofi Martin 1883
• †Amusium lucens Tate 1886
• †Amusium mimyum Woodring 1982
• †Amusium mortoni Ravenel 1844
• †Amusium orientale Dey 1961
• †Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873
• †Amusium paris del Rio 1992
• †Amusium sol Brown and Pilsbry 1913
• †Amusium toulae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
• †Amussium alazanum Cooke 1928
• †Amussium destefanii Ugolini 1903
• †Amussium lompocensis Arnold 1907
• †Amussium subcorneum d'Archaic and Haime 1854

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Carboniferous period to the Quaternary period (age range: 336.0 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.^[2]

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