Monopleura is a genus[3] of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Monopleuridae. These fossils have been dated back to the Cretaceous Period (145.5 million to 66 million years ago).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Hippuritida |
| Family: | †Monopleuridae |
| Genus: | †Monopleura Matheron, 1842[1] |
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| †Monopleura varians Matheron, 1842 (type by subsequent designation)
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These bivalves are known as pachyodonts.
Description
editThe thick triangular shell in this genus is capped by a smaller dome-shaped shell. Some of the pachyodonts possessed open passageways through the shell that allowed for fluids to pass. These pachyodont bivalves were habitually sedentary and grew upright with the pointed end anchored in the substrate.[4]
References
edit- ^ Matheron, P. (1842–1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins; précédé D'un Mémoire sur les terrains supérieurs au Grès Bigarré du S. E. de la France. Carnaud Fils, Marseille, 269 pp. + 41 pls. page(s): pls 3, 4; note: description on p. 105 appeared in 1843
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Monopleura Matheron, 1842 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873834 on 23 July 2024
- ^ "Monopleura figolina". Zipcode Zoo. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ^ "Monopleura". Britannica. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
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