| Arcuatula | |
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| Arcuatula papyria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Arcuatula Jousseaume in Lamy, 1919 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Arcuatula perfragilis Dunker, 1857 | |
| Species | |
See text. | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Arcuatula is a genus of mussels from the family Mytilidae.
The following species are currently recognised under the genus Arcuatula: [1]
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