Pholadidae Temporal range:
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One valve of a shell of Cyrtopleura costata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Myida |
Superfamily: | Pholadoidea |
Family: | Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809 |
Genera | |
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Pholadidae, known as piddocks or angelwings, are a family of bivalve molluscs similar to a clam.