Manzanellidae is a fossil
family
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of
bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
s, in the
order
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* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
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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 (biology), family of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine protobranch bivalve mollusks in the or ...
. 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, 1976][
** '' Posterodonta manihikiensis'' Kauffman, 1976][
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References
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Prehistoric bivalve families
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