Amusium

Amusium Temporal range: Carboniferous - recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shells of Amusium cristatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Amusium Röding, 1798
Synonyms
Pecten (Pleuronectia) Swainson, 1840 PleuronectesBronn, 1832 PleuronectiaSwainson, 1840

Amusium is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pectinidae.

Extant species

• Amusium balloti Bernardi, 1861
• Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 ^[1]

Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include: ^[2]

• †Amusium aguaclarensisHodson, 1927
• †Amusium bocasenseOlsson, 1922
• †Amusium cristatum(Bronn, 1827)
• †Amusium darwinianum d'Orbigny, 1846
• †Amusium filosumHauer, 1857
• †Amusium hulshofiMartin, 1883
• †Amusium lucensTate, 1886
• †Amusium mimyumWoodring, 1982
• †Amusium mortoniRavenel, 1844
• †Amusium orientaleDey, 1961
• †Amusium papyraceumGabb, 1873
• †Amusium parisdel Rio, 1992
• †Amusium solBrown and Pilsbry, 1913
• †Amusium toulaeBrown and Pilsbry, 1911
• †Amussium alazanumCooke, 1928
• †Amussium destefaniiUgolini, 1903
• †Amussium lompocensisArnold, 1907
• †Amussium subcorneumd'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]

References

1. WoRMS
2. Fossilworks