Diceras
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| Diceras Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, | |
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| Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Hippuritida |
| Suborder: | †Hippuritidina |
| Superfamily: | †Radiolitoidea |
| Family: | †Diceratidae |
| Genus: | †Diceras Lamarck, 1805 |
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Diceras is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs. These bivalves were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.
