Fossil shells of Propeamussium eocenicum from Syria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Pectinida
Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
Family:
Propeamussiidae
Genus:
Propeamussium de Gregorio, 1884
Synonyms
Amusium (Propeamusium) de Gregorio, 1884
Bathyamussium Habe, 1951
Ctenamusium (Micramussium) Oyama, 1951
Luteamussium Oyama, 1951
Micramussium Oyama 1951
Occultamussium Korobkov, 1937
Paramusium Verrill 1897
Parvamussium (Flavamussium) Habe, 1951
Pecten (Propeamussium) de Gregorio, 1884 (original rank)
Propeamussium (Pseudopalliorum) Oyama, 1944
Propeamussium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Ostreoida.[1][2]
Living representatives of the genus enjoy a global distribution. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 50 accepted species.[3][4]
Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Pliocene age (235.0 to 3.6 Ma). The majority of fossils of this genus are found throughout Europe and North America.[5]
Distribution of the genus Propeamussium[6]
^Biolib
^MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Propeamussium de Gregorio, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138324 on 2022-02-11
^Global Biodiversity Information Facility (2 June 2024). "Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
^Dijkstra, Henk H.; Maestrati, Philippe (2012). "Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Propeamussiidae, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., Entoliidae and Pectinidae) from the Vanuatu Archipelago". Zoosystema. 34 (2): 389–408. doi:10.5252/z2012n2a12. ISSN 1280-9551.
^The Paleobiology Database
^"Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
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unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature Pristis Propeamussium †Protocardia †Protohippus Prunum Pseudemys †Pseudolatirus Pseudoliva...
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overtoni †Prognathodon stadtmani – type locality for species Propeamussium †Propeamussium simplicus †Protalphadon †Protexanites †Protexanites shoshonensis...
Pituophis Pitymys Pleuromeris Polinices Pristis Procyon †Procyon lotor Propeamussium †Protocardia – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly...
type locality for species †Proboscina subechinata Propeamussium †Propeamussium alabamense †Propeamussium squamulum – or unidentified comparable form †Prosthennops...
†Procamelus †Promartes – or unidentified comparable form †Promerycochoerus Propeamussium †Protitanops †Protolabis – or unidentified comparable form Protothaca...
†Proneotherium repenningi – type locality for species †Pronotolagus Propeamussium †Propeamussium clallamensis – or unidentified comparable form †Prosomys †Prosomys...
†Projenneria †Projenneria ludoviciana – type locality for species Propeamussium †Propeamussium squamulum – or unidentified comparable form †Propristis †Propristis...
locality for species †Projuvavites strongi – type locality for species Propeamussium †Prosphingitoides †Prosphingitoides austini – type locality for species...