Isognomonidae

Isognomonidae
Shell of Isognomon ephippium (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Superfamily: Pterioidea
Family: Isognomonidae
Woodring, 1925 (1828)
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Melinidae Meek & Hayden, 1865
  • Pernidae J. Fleming, 1828

Isognomonidae is a family of medium-sized to large saltwater clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Pterioidea

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