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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of prionodesmacean pelecypods having compressed, equivalve, concentrically plicated, thin-walled shells, with rounded outlines and short straight hinge-line. The species range from Silurian to Jurassic, and are especially abundant in Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic formations.

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