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Cardiola

Cardiola is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs that lived from the Silurian to the Middle Devonian in Africa, Europe, and North America.

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Cardiola
Temporal range: Silurian to Middle Devonian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Praecardiida
Family: Praecardiidae
Genus: Cardiola
Broderip, 1834
Species
  • Cardiola donigala
  • Cardiola filicostata
  • Cardiola geminans
  • Cardiola interrupta
  • Cardiola lyoni
  • Cardiola retrostriatum
  • Cardiola signata

Cardiola is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs that lived from the Silurian to the Middle Devonian in Africa, Europe, and North America.

References

References

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 94)
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