| Xenostrobus | |
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| Shell of Xenostrobus pulex (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Mytilida |
| Superfamily: | Mytiloidea |
| Family: | Mytilidae |
| Genus: | Xenostrobus B. R. Wilson, 1967 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Volsella inconstansDunker, 1856 | |
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Thais, sometimes known by the common names dog winkles or rock shells, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae.
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Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Stomatella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails and their allies.
Bathymodiolus is a genus of deep-sea mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Many of them contain intracellular chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts.
Perna is a genus of mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Trichomya is a monotypic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. The only species is Trichomya hirsuta which is endemic to southern and eastern Australia. Its common names include the hairy mussel, the greenling and the kelp greenling.
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Mytella is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Arcuatulinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.
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Solecurtus is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve molluscs in the family Solecurtidae.
Limnoperna is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Mytilidae.
Striarca is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Noetiidae.
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