Pectinoidea
Encyclopedia
Pectinoidea is a superfamily
of marine
bivalve
mollusks.
The Pectinoidea include the following families:
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of marine
Marine (ocean)
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bivalve
Bivalvia
Bivalvia is a taxonomic class of marine and freshwater molluscs. This class includes clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and many other families of molluscs that have two hinged shells...
mollusks.
The Pectinoidea include the following families:
- PectinidaePectinidaeThe Pectinidae are a family of bivalve mollusks including the scallop and closely related to the clam and oyster. They are hermaphrodite, and the male gonads mature first. Pectinidae can live attached by means of a filament they secrete, or are simply recumbent. Their valves can propel them...
- PropeamussiidaePropeamussiidaePropeamussiidae is a family of bivalves, related to oysters and scallops. It contains nine genera.-Taxonomy:* Adamussium Thiele, 1934* Amusium Röding, 1798* Arctinula Thiele, 1935* Catillopecten** Catillopecten eucymatus...
- EntoliidaeEntoliidaeEntoliidae is a family of bivalves, related to oysters and scallops. It contains at least seven species in five genera.-Taxonomy:* Entolium Meek 1865** Entolium fossatum Marwick 1953** Entolium utokokense Imlay 1961* Pectinella...
- Spondylidae