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Margaritiferidae

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Geography

Central America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Adapedonta | Solenoidea

family PHARIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856: syonymy

Synonyms

PHARIDAE Adams & Adams, 1856

Adams & Adams, 1856. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Pharus Gray, 1840 = Pharus

NOVACULINIDAE Ghosh, 1920

Ghosh, 1920. Rec. Ind. Mus. 19: 64.
Type genus: Novaculina Benson, 1830 = Novaculina

CULTELLIDAE Davies, 1935

Davies, 1935. Tertiary Faunas 1: 145.
Type genus: Cultellus Schumacher, 1817 = Cultellus

ACTINODONTOPHORIDAE Newell, 1969

Newell, 1969. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Actinodontophora Ichikawa, 1952 = Actinodontophora

PHARELLIDAE of Authors, unknown year

Type genus: Pharella Gray, 1854 = Pharella

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