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Pycnodonte
Pycnodonte is a genus of extinct oysters, fossil marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters. Shells of species in this genus are found around the world in fossil shell beds from the Valanginian (140.2 Ma) to the Early Pleistocene (0.781 Ma). They are a commonly found fossil in Cretaceous shellbeds of the Navesink Formation in New Jersey.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pycnodonte howelli
speciesPycnodonte howelli
Pycnodonte mutabilis
speciesPycnodonte mutabilis
Pycnodonte newberryi
speciesPycnodonte newberryi
Pycnodonte vesiculosa
speciesPycnodonte vesiculosa
Pycnodonte taniguchii
speciesPycnodonte taniguchii
Pycnodonte tarda
speciesPycnodonte tarda
Pycnodonte subdentata
speciesPycnodonte subdentata
Pycnodonte radiata
speciesPycnodonte radiata
Pycnodonte mackayi
speciesPycnodonte mackayi
Pycnodonte lubra
speciesPycnodonte lubra
Pycnodonte kamehameha
speciesPycnodonte kamehameha
Pycnodonte belli
speciesPycnodonte belli
Pycnodonte convexa
speciesPycnodonte convexa
Pycnodonte aucella
speciesPycnodonte aucella
Pycnodonte kansasense
speciesPycnodonte kansasense
Pycnodonte wardii
speciesPycnodonte wardii
Pycnodonte panda
speciesPycnodonte panda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 861588.