Megalodontoidea

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Megalodontoidea
Temporal range: 412.3–94.3  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order:† Megalodontida
Superfamily:†Megalodontoidea
Morris & Lycett, 1853

Megalodontoidea is a superfamily of fossil bivalves in the order Megalodontida.

The following families are included in Megalodontoidea: [1]

Dicerocardiidae family of molluscs (fossil)

Dicerocardiidae is an extinct family of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs, in the order Megalodontida.

Megalodontidae family of molluscs (fossil)

Megalodontidae is an extinct family of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic period.

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Heterodonta subclass of molluscs

Heterodonta is a taxonomic subclass of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. This subclass includes the edible clams, the cockles and the Venus clams.

Euheterodonta is an infraclass of Mollusca in the class Bivalvia.

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Megalodontoidea †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
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