Pholadomyoida
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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. The margins of the mantle
are also fused, and there is only a single hinge tooth, if any.
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...
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. The margins of the mantle
Mantle (mollusc)
The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes...
are also fused, and there is only a single hinge tooth, if any.
Families
- ClavagellidaeClavagellidaeClavagellidae is a family of very unusual marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order. It contains two genera.-Genera and species:* Genus Brechites , 1770** Brechites attrahens** Brechites brechites** Brechites dichotomus...
d'OrbignyAlcide d'OrbignyAlcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology , palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology....
, 1843 - Cleidothaeridae HedleyCharles HedleyCharles Hedley was a naturalist, active in Australia and winner of the 1925 Clarke Medal.-Early life:...
, 1918 - CuspidariidaeCuspidariidaeCuspidariidae is a family of bivalves in the order Pholadomyoida.-Genera and species in the family Cuspidariidae:* Austroneaera Powell, 1937** Austroneaera brevirostris Powell, 1937** Austroneaera finlayi Powell, 1937* Cardiomya A...
Dall, 1886 - LaternulidaeLaternulidaeLaternulidae is a family of marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order.-Genera and species:* Laternula** Laternula anatina** Laternula creccina** Laternula crecinna** Laternula elegans** Laternula elliptica...
HedleyCharles HedleyCharles Hedley was a naturalist, active in Australia and winner of the 1925 Clarke Medal.-Early life:...
, 1918 - LyonsiidaeLyonsiidaeLyonsiidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order.-Genera and species:*Entodesma Phillips, 1845**Entodesma beana **Entodesma navicula...
Fischer, 1887 - MyochamidaeMyochamidaeMyochamidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order.-Genera and species:* Hunkydora Fleming, 1948** Hunkydora novozelandica ** Hunkydora rakiura B.A. Marshall, 2002* Myadora Gray, 1840...
Bronn, 1862 - PandoridaePandoridaePandoridae is a family of marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order.-Genera and species:*Pandora Chemnitz, 1795**Pandora arenosa Conrad, 1834**Pandora bilirata Conrad, 1855**Pandora bushiana Dall, 1886**Pandora cornuta C. B...
Rafinesque, 1815 - PeriplomatidaePeriplomatidaePeriplomatidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order.-Genera and species:* Halistrepta Dall, 1904** Halistrepta sulcata - sulcate spoonclam* Offadesma Dall, 1904...
Dall, 1895 - PholadomyidaePholadomyidaePholadomyidae is a family of marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order - 2.5 in long by 1 in high.-Genera and species:*Panacca**Panacca arata **Panacca loveni *Pholadomya Sowerby, 1823...
Gray, 1847 - PoromyidaePoromyidaePoromyidae is a family of marine bivalves of the order Pholadomyoida. The genus Dilemma, described only in 2008, is remarkable for being a predator of copepods, unusual for sessile molluscs.-Genera and species:* Cetoconcha Dall, 1889...
Dall, 1886 - ThraciidaeThraciidaeThraciidae is a family of marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order.-Genera and species:* Asthenothaerus Carpenter, 1864** Asthenothaerus diegensis ** Asthenothaerus hemphilli Dall, 1886...
Stoliczka, 1870 - VerticordiidaeVerticordiidaeVerticordiidae is a family of marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order.-Genera and species:* Euciroa Dall, 1881** Euciroa elegantissima ** Euciroa galatheae * Halicardia Dall, 1895...
Stoliczka, 1871