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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Family: | †Bakevelliidae |
| Genus: | †Cassiavellia Tëmkin and Pojeta Jr, 2010 |
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Cassiavellia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Pteriomorphia. This genus existed in what is now Texas, during the upper Permian period. The type species is Cassiavellia galtarae, and the genus also contains the species C. nadkevnae.
References
- Ilya Tëmkin and John Pojeta Jr. (2010). "Cassiavellia galtarae, New Species, New Genus: A New Permian Bivalve and its Significance for Pterioidean Systematics". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (6): 1152–1176. doi:10.1666/10-022.1. S2CID 85027152.
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