Biology:Arhouriella

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Short description: Extinct genus of bivalve

Arhouriella
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Family: Arhouriellidae
Geyer & Streng 1998
Genus: Arhouriella
Geyer & Streng 1998[1]
Species:
A. opheodontoides
Binomial name
Arhouriella opheodontoides
Geyer & Streng 1998

Arhouriella is arguably the oldest example of a bivalve mollusc in the fossil record. Arguably because there are older contenders to this crown, and because there is not a watertight case that it is a bivalve.[2] The type and only species, Arhouriella opheodontoides, was named and described by Gerd Geyer & Michael Streng in 1998.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q48969376 entry