List of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record

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This list of molluscan genera represented in the fossil record is a list which is composed primarily of many mollusk genera which occur as fossils. Some of these genera are extant, some are extinct. Some genera listed here are organisms other than mollusks.

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This list article was originally based on Jack Sepkoski's online fossil genus databases, here Sepkoski Online.

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Coralliophaga coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791) from Cockburntown Reef, San Salvador, The Bahamas (Pleistocene, Eemian). Coralliophaga081611(Gmelin1791).jpg
Coralliophaga coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791) from Cockburntown Reef, San Salvador, The Bahamas (Pleistocene, Eemian).

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References

  1. Robert S. Voss & Michael D. Carleton (1993). "A new genus for Hesperomys molitor Winge and Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz (Mammalia, Muridae) with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships". American Museum Novitates . 3085: 1–39. hdl:2246/4982.

Note: This list article was originally based on Jack Sepkoski's online fossil genus databases, here Sepkoski Online.