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of marine

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 ...

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 recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

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Euheterodonta Euheterodonta is an subterclass of Mollusca in the class Bivalvia. Families Infraclass Euheterodonta *Superorder Anomalodesmata Dall, 1889 **Superfamily Clavagelloidea d'Orbigny, 1844 *** Clavagellidae d'Orbigny, 1844 *** Penicillidae Gray, 185 ...

Taxonomy

Originally, razor shells were all classified as Solenidae. Then, the genera were grouped into two sub-families, the Cultellinae and Soleninae. Later, the two subfamilies were recognized as separate families, with Cultellinae accepted as

Pharidae Pharidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Adapedonta. This family of clams is related to the razor shells, a family which is considered to include Pharidae by some authorities. Genera Genera within ...

and the family Solenidae containing only the two genera '' Solen'' and '' Solena''.World Register of Marine Species
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Genera

Genera in the family Solenidae include: * '' Solen''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758 * '' Solena'' Mörch, 1853

References

Bivalve families {{Bivalve-stub