Manzanellidae is a fossil
family
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of
bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
s, in the
order
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Solemyida
Solemyida is an order of bivalve molluscs.
Families in the order Solemyida
* Manzanellidae Chronic, 1952
* Solemyidae
Solemyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine protobranch bivalve mollusks in the order Solemyida.
Biology
Solemyid ...
. They were previously considered containing fossil and recent members of
Nucinellidae.
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Genera and species
* '' Manzanella'' Girty, 1909[
** '' Manzanella elliptica'' Girty, 1909][
** '' Manzanella cryptodentata'' Chronic, 1952][
* '' Posterodonta'' ]Kauffman
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** '' Posterodonta manihikiensis'' ]Kauffman
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, 1976[
]
References
Further reading
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Bivalve families
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