Periplomatidae

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Periplomatidae
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Offadesma angasi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Anomalodesmata
Superfamily: Thracioidea
Family: Periplomatidae
Dall, 1895
Genera

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Periplomatidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Anomalodesmata order.

Genera and species

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