Mactridae Temporal range: Cretaceous to Present
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Shell of Spisula solida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
Family: | Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 |
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Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.