# Tacuaremboia

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Fossil bivalve

Tacuaremboia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Genus: †Tacuaremboia Martínez, Figueiras & Da Silva, 1993 Species: †T. caorsii Binomial name †Tacuaremboia caorsii Martínez, Figueiras & Da Silva, 1993

***Tacuaremboia*** is a Mesozoic [freshwater](/source/Freshwater) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) of big size (about 40 cm).[1]

Material has been found in the [Tacuarembó Formation](/source/Tacuaremb%C3%B3_Formation) of Uruguay; its type species is *Tacuaremboia caorsii*.[2]

It was one of the last genus described by Alfredo Figueiras (1915-1991).[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Veroslavsky Barbe, Gerardo; Ubilla Gutiérrez, Martín; Martínez Chiappara, Sergio Agustín (2004). ["Cuencas sedimentarias de Uruguay: geología, paleontología y recursos naturales: Mesozoico"](https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy/jspui/handle/20.500.12008/20936) (in Spanish). Montevideo: UR. FC. DIRAC; SUG. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Martínez, S.; Figueiras, A.; da Silva, JS (1993). "A new Unionoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Tacuarembó Formation (Upper Triassic–Upper Jurassic), Uruguay". *[Journal of Paleontology](/source/Journal_of_Paleontology)*. **67** (6): 962–965. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0022336000025270](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0022336000025270).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Alfredo Figueiras (1915-1991)"](https://www.smdu.org.uy/figueiras.html). *Sociedad Malacológica del Uruguay* (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.

## External links

- [*Tacuaremboia*](https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1496525) at MolluscaBase.org

Taxon identifiers Tacuaremboia Wikidata: Q137544447 CoL: 8768B

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