Dosinia

Dosinia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes, 1853.

The shell of Dosinia species is disc-like in shape, usually white, and therefore is reminiscent of the shells of Lucinid bivalves.

The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the Recent periods (age range: 99.7 to 0.0 million years ago).

Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.

[1] Extant and extinct species within this genus include:[1][2]

Dosinia coerulea
Dosinia exasperata
Dosinia lupinus lincta , the smooth artemis
Fossil shell of Dosinia orbicularis from Pliocene of Italy