''Cyrtopleura'' is a genus 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, bival ...
s belonging to the family
Pholadidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and America.
Species:
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Cyrtopleura costata
''Cyrtopleura costata'', or the angel wing clam, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae. It is found in shallow parts of the northwest Atlantic and also in the North Sea of Scotland coastline and west coast of the Adriatic Sea by a remote ...
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Cyrtopleura crucigera''
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Cyrtopleura lanceolata''
References
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Pholadidae
Bivalve genera