Dosinia

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Dosinia
Temporal range: Cretaceous – Present
Veneridae - Dosinia dunkeri.jpg
A whole shell of Dosinia dunkeri from Honduras, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Dosinia
Scopoli, 1777
Species

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Dosinia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes, 1853. The shell of Dosinia species is disc-like in shape, usually white, and therefore is reminiscent of the shells of Lucinid bivalves.

The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the Recent periods (age range: 99.7 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world. [1]

Species

Dosinia coerulea Dosinia coerulea 003.jpg
Dosinia coerulea
Dosinia exasperata Dosinia exasperata 002.jpg
Dosinia exasperata
Dosinia lupinus lincta, the smooth artemis Dosinia lupinus lincta 001.jpg
Dosinia lupinus lincta, the smooth artemis
Fossil shell of Dosinia orbicularis from Pliocene of Italy Veneridae - Dosinia orbicularis.JPG
Fossil shell of Dosinia orbicularis from Pliocene of Italy

Extant and extinct species within this genus include: [1] [2]

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