Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae is an extinct family of prehistoric bivalves that lived from the Late Mississippian until the Middle Eocene. Bakevelliidae species are found worldwide, excluding Antarctica. Living a stationary life attached to substrate in marine and brackish environments, they formed shells of an aragonite composition with a low amount of magnesium calcite. The family was named by King in 1850. At least one genus in the family, , has a notably twisted commissure join.
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Bakevelliidae
Bakevelliidae is an extinct family of prehistoric bivalves that lived from the Late Mississippian until the Middle Eocene. Bakevelliidae species are found worldwide, excluding Antarctica. Living a stationary life attached to substrate in marine and brackish environments, they formed shells of an aragonite composition with a low amount of magnesium calcite. The family was named by King in 1850. At least one genus in the family, , has a notably twisted commissure join.
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Bakevelliidae is an extinct fa ...... tably twisted commissure join.
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King, 1850
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Serpukhovian – Bartonian
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Bakevellia costata fossil
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Bakevelliidae
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Bakevelliidae is an extinct fa ...... tably twisted commissure join.
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Bakevelliidae
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