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Alectryonia fossil

Lopha.sp / Alectryonia.sp

Description:

"Lopha species have a thick, strongly ribbed shell with unequal valves. The margins of the valves have a characteristic zig-zag pattern. The lower valve shows finger-like outgrowths, by which the molluscs adhere to the substrate. These molluscs are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders, as they feed filtering sea water to extract the nutrients."

Habitat:

"Lopha is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Ostreidae. The genus Lopha is present from the Triassic period in the LowerNorian age (216.5 ± 2.0 – 203.6 ± 1.5 Mya) to the recent age." Reference-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alectryonia

Notes:

This amazing Alectryonia spotting is from Tiruchirapalli,Tamil Nadu, India.

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5 Comments

DaneCole
DaneCole 11 years ago

Gorgeous fossils! Very nice collection, thanks for sharing Namitha.

namitha
namitha 11 years ago

Hi Isabella, it is a molluscan fossil from the cretaceous period [ It is approx 65million years old]

Isabela
Isabela 11 years ago

Very interesting photos. Are they fossils or have you found the valves in the sea?

namitha
namitha 11 years ago

Thank you megan1. This is one of my precious find.

megan1
megan1 11 years ago

This is so cool!

namitha
Spotted by
namitha

Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Sep 21, 2012
Submitted on Sep 21, 2012

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