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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

superfamily SOLENOIDEA Lamarck, 1809: syonymy

Synonyms

SOLENOIDEA Lamarck, 1809

Lamarck, 1809. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Solen Linnaeus, 1758 = Solen

PHAROIDEA Adams & Adams, 1856

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

NOVACULINOIDEA Ghosh, 1920

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

CULTELLOIDEA Davies, 1935

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

PHARELLOIDEA of Authors, unknown year

Type genus: Pharella Gray, 1854 = Pharella

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