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Hippurites cornuvaccinum

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Extinct species of bivalve

Hippurites cornuvaccinum
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Specimen of Hippurites cornuvaccinum from Greece
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Hippuritida
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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