Crenatula | |
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Crenatula picta | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Family: | Pteriidae |
Genus: | Crenatula Lamarck, 1803 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Dalacia Gray, 1825 |
Crenatula is a genus in the family Pteriidae.
Pteriidae, also called the feather oysters, is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pteriida.
Crenatula picta is a species of marine bivalves in the family Pteriidae. It is known from Madagascar and the Red Sea.
Vulsellidae is a family of bivalves belonging to the order Ostreida.