Nuculoidea is a
superfamily 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. It belongs to the
order
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Nuculida. It comprises one living family,
Nuculidae and one extinct family
Praenuculidae.
References
Nuculida
Mollusc superfamilies
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