Cyclocardia elegans is an extinct species of clam in the family Carditidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Superfamily: | Carditoidea |
| Family: | Carditidae |
| Genus: | Cyclocardia |
| Species: | †C. elegans
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| †Cyclocardia elegans | |
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The specimen MNHN.F.J07579 was found at Parc de l'Institut national agronomique, in Thiverval-Grignon, Yvelines, France.[3]
References edit
- ^ Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris, 6. JB Lamarck - Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1806
- ^ Catalogue des coquilles de l'île de Corse. E Requien - 1848
- ^ specimen MNHN.F.J07579 at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
- Cossmann M. and Pissarro G., 1905 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 1
- Le Renard J.and Pacaud J.-M., 1995 - Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, pages 65–132
External links edit
- "Cyclocardia elegans" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Cyclocardia elegans". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- Cyclocardia elegans at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
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