Dosinia
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Dosinia Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent |
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| 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: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
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Dosinia Scopoli, 1777 |
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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.
Extant and extinct species within this genus include:
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