False ark shell

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False ark shell
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View of umbones of Cucullaea labiata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Superfamily: Arcoidea
Family: Cucullaeidae
Stewart 1930
Genus: Cucullaea
Lamarck, 1801 [1]
Species

See text

Synonyms

Cuculina Rafinesque, 1815

The false ark shells (Cucullaea) are a small genus of marine bivalve molluscs related to the ark clams. The genus is the only member of the family Cucullaeidae. [2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tran, Bastien (2010). "Cucullaea Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  2. ↑ "CAAB taxon report". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
  3. ↑ Cucullaea elegans (Fischer) at gbif.org
  4. ↑ Cucullaea gigantea Conrad, 1862 in Paleobiology Database (2018) https://www.gbif.org/species/121408017


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