Isognomonidae | |
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Shell of Isognomon ephippium (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Superfamily: | Pterioidea |
Family: | Isognomonidae Woodring, 1925 (1828) |
Genera | |
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Isognomonidae is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Pterioidea[1]