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Bivalvia | Adapedonta | Solenoidea

family SOLENIDAE Lamarck, 1809: synonymy

2 genera

Synonyms

SOLENIDAE Lamarck, 1809

Lamarck, 1809. Philosophie zoologique 1: 319.
Type genus: Solen Linnaeus, 1758 = Solen

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