Pholadomyidae is a
taxonomic
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family of saltwater clams,
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bivalve
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molluscs in the
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Anomalodesmata
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.
Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Pholadomyidae include:
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Panacca''
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Panacca arata''
(A. E. Verrill and S. Smith, 1881)
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Panacca loveni''
(Jeffreys, 1881)
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Pholadomya
''Pholadomya'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadomyidae.
Fossils species within this genus lived during the Mesozoic era, in the opening South Atlantic, between present-day Brazil and Africa. In the Tria ...
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Sowerby, 1823
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Pholadomya candida
''Pholadomya'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadomyidae.
Fossils species within this genus lived during the Mesozoic era, in the opening South Atlantic, between present-day Brazil and Africa. In the Tria ...
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Sowerby, 1823
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Pholadomya maoria
''Pholadomya'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadomyidae.
Fossils species within this genus lived during the Mesozoic era, in the opening South Atlantic, between present-day Brazil and Africa. In the Tria ...
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, 1963
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Wilkingia''†
References
Bivalve families
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