Tacuaremboia
Fossil bivalve
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Tacuaremboia is a Mesozoic freshwater bivalve of big size (about 40 cm).[1]
| Tacuaremboia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | †Tacuaremboia Martínez, Figueiras & Da Silva, 1993 |
| Species: | †T. caorsii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tacuaremboia caorsii Martínez, Figueiras & Da Silva, 1993 | |
Material has been found in the Tacuarembó Formation of Uruguay; its type species is Tacuaremboia caorsii.[2]
It was one of the last genus described by Alfredo Figueiras (1915-1991).[3]
