page_title: List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee
section_title: Selected Mesozoic taxa of Tennessee
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee / Mesozoic / Selected Mesozoic taxa of Tennessee
caption_attribution_description: English: Common Nutmeg, Cancellaria reticulata, Common Nutmeg by Sharon Mooney, 2006
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Tennessee.
context_section_description: Acirsa
  Acmaea
   †Acteon
  †Aenona
  Amauropsis
  †Ampullina
  †Ancilla
  †Anomia
  †Anomoeodus
  †Arca
  Arctica
   †Avitelmessus
  †Avitelmessus grapsoideus
  †Baculites
  †Baculites grandis
  †Baculites ovatus
  Barbatia
  Brachidontes
  Cadulus
  Caestocorbula
  †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  Callianassa
  †Callianassa mortoni
  †Calliomphalus
  †Calliomphalus americanus – type locality for species
   Cancellaria
  Capulus
  †Caveola
  Cerithiopsis
  Cerithium
  Charonia
  Chiton
  Clavagella
  Cliona
  †Conorbis
  Corbula
  †Crania – tentative report
  †Crenella
  †Crenella elegantula
  †Crenella serica
  Cucullaea
  †Cucullaea capax
  †Cucullaea littlei
  Cylichna
  †Cylichna incisa
  †Dentalium
  †Discoscaphites
  †Discoscaphites iris
  †Dolicholatirus
  †Ecphora
   †Enchodus
  †Eothoracosaurus
  †Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis
  †Eulima
  †Euspira
  †Eutrephoceras
  †Exilia
  †Exogyra
  †Exogyra cancellata
  †Exogyra costata
  Fasciolaria – tentative report
   Gastrochaena
  †Gegania
  Gemmula
  Glossus
  Glycymeris
  †Hamulus
  †Helicoceras
  †Helicoceras navarroense
  †Hoploparia
   †Inoceramus
  †Inoceramus proximus
  †Inoceramus sagensis
  †Ischyrhiza
  †Ischyrhiza mira
  Latiaxis
  Limatula
  †Linearis
  Lithophaga
  Littorina
  Lopha
  †Lopha falcata
  †Lucina
  †Mammila
  Martesia
  †Mathilda
  Melanatria
  Membranipora
  Meretrix
  †Metopaster
  Micropora
  †Morea
   †Mosasaurus
  †Neithea
  †Neithea quinquecostata
  Nucula
  †Nucula percrassa
  †Obeliscus
  †Odostomia
  †Odostomia plicata – type locality for species
  Opalia
  Ostrea
  Panopea
  † Paranomia
  †Pecten
  †Pedalion
  †Peneus
  Pholadomya
  †Pholadomya occidentalis
  †Plioplatecarpus
  †Plioplatecarpus depressus
  Polinices
   †Prognathodon
  †Protocardia
  †Pteria
  †Pterotrigonia
  †Pterotrigonia angulicostata
  †Pterotrigonia thoracica
  Pycnodonte
  Ringicula
  †Ringicula pulchella
  Rissoina
  Rostellaria – tentative report
  †Sargana
  †Saurodon – tentative report
  † Scala
   Scaphander
  †Scaphites
  †Schizobasis
  Seila
  †Seminola
  Serpula
  Serpulorbis
  †Siphonaria
  Teinostoma
  Tellina
  †Tenea
  †Teredo
   †Toxochelys
  †Toxochelys latiremis
  Trichotropis
  †Trigonia
  Trochus
  †Tuba
  Turbinella
  †Turricula
  Turris
  Turritella
  †Turritella bilira
  †Turritella paravertebroides
  †Turritella tippana
  †Turritella trilira
  †Turritella vertebroides
  Yoldia
caption: Shell of a Cancellaria nutmeg sea snail
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