page_title: Neopycnodonte
hierarchical_section_title: Neopycnodonte
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossil shell of Neopycnodonte navicularis , on display at Museo Paleontologico Lai, Ceriale, Savona, Italy
context_page_description: Neopycnodonte is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Gryphaeidae.
  This genus is very well represented in the fossil record, however the number of living species is very few. We know fossil specimens of Neopycnodonte species dating about 60 million years. Extant species have been recorded as fossils from the Miocene to the Quaternary.
context_section_description: Neopycnodonte is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Gryphaeidae.
  This genus is very well represented in the fossil record, however the number of living species is very few. We know fossil specimens of Neopycnodonte species dating about 60 million years. Extant species have been recorded as fossils from the Miocene to the Quaternary (from 20.43 to 0.012 Ma).
caption: Fossil shell of Neopycnodonte navicularis
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