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Nicaisolopha

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Nicaisolopha
Temporal range: Turonian - Quaternary
Fossil shell of Nicaisolopha nicaisei from Turonian of Peru
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Nicaisolopha
Vyalov 1936

Nicaisolopha is a genus of true oysters.

Fossil record

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Fossils of Nicaisolopha are found in marine strata from Late Cretaceous to Quaternary (age range: from 93.9 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, India, Jordan, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Tunisia, Russia and United States.[1]

Species

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The World Register of Marine Species lists these species:[2]

References

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