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Rastellum carinatum, also known as a cockscomb oyster, lived its life attached to a solid object at the larger end of the shell called a beak. It likely fed itself by filtering debris out of the waters around it.
Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Mollusca, Class: Bivalvia, Order: Pteroida, Family: Ostreidae, Genus: Rastellum, Species: carinatum.
Rastellum carinatum
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Code: MBV-104
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Shipping Weight: 0.62 pounds
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Time: Middle Jurassic to Late Cretaceous approximately 170-140 million years ago Location: Madagascar Dimensions: 5-5/8" x 1-3/8" x 1-7/8"
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