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, bival ...
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, t ...
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
* ''
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