Protocuspidariidae is a family 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 belonging to the superfamily
Cuspidarioidea
Anomalodesmata is an superorder of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. This grouping was formerly recognised as a taxonomic subclass. It is called a superorder in the current World Register of Marine Species, despite having no orders, to ...
in the superorder
Anomalodesmata
Anomalodesmata is an superorder of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. This grouping was formerly recognised as a taxonomic subclass. It is called a superorder in the current World Register of Marine Species, despite having no orders, to ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Protocuspidariidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492015 on 2022-02-13]
Genera
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Multitentacula''
Krylova, 1995
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Protocuspidaria''
Allen & Morgan, 1981
References
* Scarlato O. A. & Starobogatov Y. A. (1983). System of the bivalve molluscs of the superorder Septibranchia. In: Molluscs. Their systematics, ecology and distribution (Likharev I.M., ed.). Seventh meeting on the investigation of molluscs. Leningrad, Nauka pp. 7-14:
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Anomalodesmata
Bivalve families