Pristiglomidae is a
family
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of small saltwater
clam
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s,
marine
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bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the
order
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Nuculida
Nuculida is an order of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks. This order belongs to the subclass Protobranchia
Protobranchia is a subclass of bivalve molluscs. It contains the extant orders Nuculanida, Nuculida, and Solemyida.
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.
Genus and species
* ''
Pristigloma'' Dall, 1900
** ''
Pristigloma alba'' Sanders & Allen, 1973
** ''
Pristigloma minima'' (G. Seguenza, 1877)
** ''
Pristigloma nitens'' (Jeffreys, 1876)
References
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* Bieler R. & Mikkelsen P. 2006. Bivalvia – a look at the Branches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 148, 223–235
Bivalve families
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