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Pholadidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
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One valve of a shell of Cyrtopleura costata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Superfamily: Pholadoidea
Family: Pholadidae
Lamarck, 1809
Genera

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Pholadidae, known as piddocks or angelwings, are a family of bivalve molluscs similar to a clam.

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Pholadidae

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Pholadidae, known as piddocks or angelwings, are a family of bivalve molluscs similar to a clam. Piddocks are unique in that each side of their shells...

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Cyrtopleura costata

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Cyrtopleura costata, or the angel wing clam, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae. It is found in shallow parts of the northwest Atlantic and also in the...

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Xylophaga

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Xylophaga is a genus of bivalves in the family Pholadidae. Xylophaga abyssorum Dall, 1886 Xylophaga africana Knudsen, 1961 Xylophaga alexisi Voight & Segonzac...

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Pholas

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of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Pholadinae of the family Pholadidae. Like other members of this family, they have an ability to bore through...

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Pholas dactylus

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is a bioluminescent clam-like species of marine mollusc in the family Pholadidae. The piddock bores into the substrate for shelter, and lives in a tubular...

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Barnea similis

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similis, a rock borer or piddock, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd...

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Pholad borings

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that have been created by bivalve molluscs (boring clams) in the family Pholadidae. The common names of clams in this family are "pholads", "piddocks", and...

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Xylophagaidae

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1972 Dixon., Turner, Ruth (2002). On the subfamily Xylophagainae (Family Pholadidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca). Harvard University. OCLC 52261201.{{cite book}}:...

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Myida

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†Pleurodesmatidae Family: †Raetomyidae Superfamily: Pholadoidea Family: Pholadidae Family: Teredinidae Family: Xylophagaidae Superfamily: †Pleuromyoidea...

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Seashell

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A group of seashells, mostly bivalves in the family Pholadidae...

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Martesia striata

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Martesia striata is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pholadidae. The species has almost cosmopolitan distribution. "Martesia striata (Linnaeus...

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Pholadidea

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of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Martesiinae of the family Pholadidae (the piddocks). Most members of Pholididea bore into shale, soft rock...

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Barnea candida

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Barnea candida is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae. The shell is long and covered in horizontal ribs, crossed by vertical ribs, forming...

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Burmese amber

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Kondakov, Alexander V. (2021-03-23). "A new fossil piddock (Bivalvia: Pholadidae) may indicate estuarine to freshwater environments near Cretaceous amber-producing...

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Teredolites

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Chapurina, Y. E.; Kondakov, A. V. (2021). "A new fossil piddock (Bivalvia: Pholadidae) may indicate estuarine to freshwater environments near Cretaceous amber-producing...

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Heteroconchia

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†Pleurodesmatidae Family: †Raetomyidae Superfamily: Pholadoidea Family: Pholadidae Family: Teredinidae (shipworms) Family: Xylophagaidae Superfamily: †Pleuromyoidea...

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Pholas campechiensis

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Pholas campechiensis is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pholadidae. The species is found in the Americas and West Africa. "Pholas campechiensis...

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Hinge teeth

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the cardinal teeth, as in the soft-shell clams (Myidae). Myidae hinge Pholadidae hinge The anodont hinge is characterized by a strong ligament (or a series...

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List of marine molluscs of Angola

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lajonkairii Petricola pholadiformis Family Pharidae Sinupharus africanus Family Pholadidae Pholas campechiensis Family Pinnidae Pinna rudis Pinna ramulosa Family...

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2016 in molluscan paleontology

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Formation Antarctica (King George Island) A bivalve belonging to the family Pholadidae, a species of Pholadidea. Pleurotrigonia jacobseni Sp. nov Valid Cooper...

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John Culliney

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wood-boring bivalve, Xylophaga atlantica Richards (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pholadidae). Ophelia 15 (2): 149-161 (with R.D. Turner). 1975 Comparative larval...

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2010 Bivalvia taxonomy

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†Pleurodesmatidae Family †Raetomyidae Superfamily Pholadoidea Family Pholadidae Family Teredinidae Superfamily †Orthonotoidea Family †Konduriidae Family...

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