Hippurites cornuvaccinum

Hippurites cornuvaccinums
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Specimen of Hippurites cornuvaccinum from Greece
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Hippuritoida
Superfamily: Hippuritacea
Family: Hippuritidae
Genus: Hippurites
Species: H. cornuvaccinum
Binomial name
Hippurites cornuvaccinum
Bronn 1831

Hippurites cornuvaccinum is a fossil saltwater clam, an extinct marine bivalve mollusk in the family Hippuritidae. These fossils occur in the Late Cretaceous deposits of southern Europe.

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