Isognomonidae
Shell of Isognomon ephippium (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Superfamily: Pterioidea
Family: Isognomonidae
Woodring, 1925 (1828)
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Melinidae Meek & Hayden, 1865
  • Pernidae J. Fleming, 1828

Isognomonidae is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Pterioidea[1]

Genera

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Isognomonidae Woodring, 1925 (1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23060 on 2021-03-25
  • Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184
  • Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp.
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 p.
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