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(DSM# 1-538/FK165 An extinct species of oyster.

(DSM# FK156) Genus of bivalve mollusk.

(DSM# 10746) Very little is known about this extremely thin-shelled marine bivalve though it is quite common in some regions.

(DSM# 3141/FK104) Some members of the Pecten genus are extant and are edible to humans.

(DSM# M180) Though this species is extinct the genus Plicatula is a marine mussel that is known to be a filter feeder today.

(DSM# 10667) Extinct genus - Pterocerella (pelican foot snail) was a highly ornamented detritivore (bottom feeding) species of snail.

(DSM# 10171) Pterotrigonia is the state fossil of Tennessee. This specimen is preserved in pyrite.

(DSM# 3257/FK143) An extinct genus of marine snail.

(no DSM#) Extinct species - Living snails from this family are slow moving and feed organic material found on the ocean floor (detritivores).

(no DSM#) This common name for this type of oyster is called the Foam Oyster, or Honeycomb Oyster. Their temporal range extends all they way to the early Pleistocene, which means they survived the K-Pg extinction.