Camya

Camya
Temporal range: early Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Fordillida
Family: Camyidae
Genus: Camya
Species:
C. asy
Binomial name
Camya asy
Hinz-Schallreuter, 1995

Camya is an extinct genus of early bivalve[1] and is the only genus in the extinct family Camyidae.[2] The genus is known solely from early Middle Cambrian fossils found in Europe.[2] The genus currently contains a solitary accepted species, Camya asy.[2]

  1. ^ Carter, J.G.; et al. (2011). "A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca)" (PDF). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1–47.
  2. ^ a b c Elicki, O.; Gürsu, S. (2009). "First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 83 (2): 267–291. doi:10.1007/s12542-009-0021-9. S2CID 49380913.