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Unlike most clams, rudists have one longer shell.

Details

  • Title: Rudist bivalve
  • Location: St. Mametz, France, Europe
  • Type: Fossil
  • Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
  • External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
  • USNM Catalog Number(s): PAL534208
  • Scientific Name: <i>Hippurites radiosus Des Moulins, 1826</i>
  • Photo Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
  • Geologic Age: Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Upper/Late
  • Field: Paleobiology

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