''Palliolum'' is a
genus of scallops,
marine
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bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the family
Pectinidae, the scallops.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the
Eocene to the
Quaternary
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(age range: 37.2 to 0.012 million years ago).
Species
Species within the genus ''Lissochlamys'' include:
* ''
Palliolum cibaoense'' †
Waller 2011
* ''
Palliolum excisum'' †
(Bronn, 1831) Ricardojcho
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* '' Palliolum gerardi'' † Nyst 1835
* '' Palliolum guersi'' Wienrich 1999
* '' Palliolum incomparabile'' (Risso, 1826)
* '' Palliolum mellevillei'' † d'Orbigny 1850
* '' Palliolum minutulum'' Dijkstra & Southgate, 2000
* '' Palliolum striatum'' (O. F. Müller, 1776)
* '' Palliolum tigerinum'' (O. F. Müller, 1776)
* '' Palliolum tigrinum'' † Müller 1776
References
Pectinidae
Bivalve genera
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