Neoleptonidae

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Neoleptonidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Neoleptonidae
Thiele, 1934
Species

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Neoleptonidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Venerida.

Genera in the family Neoleptonidae

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