Fossilised Tellinella rostralis, tellin bivalve
Fossilised specimen of a Tellin bivalve from Ecocene Belgium, 58 million years ago. Bivalves are hinged molluscs which first appeared in the Middle Cambrian some 500 million years ago, they are still common today
Picture No
10705115
Media ID
47573258
Size
4797px x 3637px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Bivalve Bivalvia Cenozoic Eocene Fortey Fossilised Hinged Lamellibranch Lamellibranchia Mollusc Mollusca Mollusk Palaeogene Phanerozoic Strata Stratification Tellin Tertiary Veneroid Veneroida
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