| Bankia | |
|---|---|
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| Calicified tube of Bankia setacea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Superfamily: | Pholadoidea |
| Family: | Teredinidae |
| Genus: | Bankia JE Gray, 1842 |
| Species | |
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