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Palestinarca

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Extinct genus of ark clams

Palestinarca
Temporal range: Aptian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Palestinarca
Vokes, 1946
Type species
Palestinarca palestina

Palestinarca is an extinct genus of ark clams that inhabited the Tethys Ocean in what is now Lebanon during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch. It is known from the species P. palestina.

References

  1. "†Palestinarca Vokes 1946 (clam)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  2. Nicol, David (1954). "Nomenclatural Review of Genera and Subgenera of Cucullaeidae". Journal of Paleontology. 28 (1): 96–101. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1300214. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Palestinarca


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