Manzanellidae is a fossil

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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, in the

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Solemyida Solemyida is an order of bivalve mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are re ...

. They were previously considered containing fossil and recent members of

Nucinellidae Nucinellidae is a family of bivalves, in the order Solemyida. Its species are small and principally reside in deep-water environments. The species' average length is less than , the largest species being '' Nucinella boucheti'' (La Perna, 2005) a ...

Genera and species

* '' Manzanella'' Girty, 1909 ** '' Manzanella elliptica'' Girty, 1909 ** '' Manzanella cryptodentata'' Chronic, 1952 * '' Posterodonta''

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, 1976 ** '' Posterodonta manihikiensis''

, 1976

Genera and species

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