Nicaisolopha Explained

Nicaisolopha is a genus of true oysters.

Fossil record

Fossils of Nicaisolopha are found in marine strata from Late Cretaceous to Quaternary (age range: from 93.9 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, India, Jordan, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Tunisia, Russia and United States.^[1]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists these species:^[2]

• Nicaisolopha nicaisei (Coquand, 1862) † ^[3]
• Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis (Cox, 1927)

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=16852 Paleobiology Database
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492155 WoRMS
3. https://www.gbif.org/species/6531257 GBIF