Propeamussium

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Bivalvia

Order:Pectinida

Superfamily:Pectinoidea

Propeamussium Temporal range: Triassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shells of Propeamussium eocenicum from Syria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Superfamily:	Pectinoidea
Family:	Propeamussiidae
Genus:	Propeamussium de Gregorio, 1884
Synonyms
Amusium (Propeamusium) de Gregorio, 1884 Bathyamussium Habe, 1951 Ctenamusium (Micramussium) Oyama, 1951 Luteamussium Oyama, 1951 Micramussium Oyama 1951 Occultamussium Korobkov, 1937 Paramusium Verrill 1897 Parvamussium (Flavamussium) Habe, 1951 Pecten (Propeamussium) de Gregorio, 1884 (original rank) Propeamussium (Pseudopalliorum) Oyama, 1944

Propeamussium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Ostreoida.^[1][2]

Living representatives of the genus enjoy a global distribution. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 50 accepted species.^[3][4]

Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Pliocene age (235.0 to 3.6 Ma). The majority of fossils of this genus are found throughout Europe and North America.^[5]