Hippurites cornuvaccinum is a fossil saltwater clam, an extinct marine bivalve mollusk in the family Hippuritidae. These fossils occur in the Late Cretaceous deposits of southern Europe.
| Hippurites cornuvaccinum Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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| Specimen of Hippurites cornuvaccinum from Greece | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Hippuritida |
| Family: | †Hippuritidae |
| Genus: | †Hippurites |
| Species: | †H. cornuvaccinum
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| †Hippurites cornuvaccinum Bronn, 1831
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References
edit- Global Names Index
- Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- Zipcodezoo
- Europeana
- Henry Wood Palaeontology Invertebrate
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