Pholadomyidae
Encyclopedia
Pholadomyidae is a family
of marine
bivalves of the Pholadomyoida
order
- 2.5 in long by 1 in high.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalves of the Pholadomyoida
Pholadomyoida
Pholadomyoida is an order of bivalve molluscs. It is the sole member of the subclass Anomalosdesmata. Their shells are of equal size, as are the muscles that hold them closed, and the margins at the hinges are thickened...
order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
- 2.5 in long by 1 in high.
Genera and species
- Panacca
- Panacca arata (A. E. Verrill and S. Smith, 1881)
- Panacca loveni (Jeffreys, 1881)
- Pholadomya Sowerby, 1823
- Pholadomya candida Sowerby, 1823
- Pholadomya maoria DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1963
- WilkingiaWilkingiaWilkingia is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusk that lived from the Late Silurian to the Permian in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.-References:* in the Paleobiology Database...
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