| False ark shell | |
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| View of umbones of Cucullaea labiata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Superfamily: | Arcoidea |
| Family: | Cucullaeidae Stewart 1930 |
| Genus: | Cucullaea Lamarck, 1801 [1] |
| Species | |
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| 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]
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:
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Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.
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