Pulvinitidae

Pulvinitidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pterioida
Family: Pulvinitidae Stephenson, 1941
Genera

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Pulvinitidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pterioida. These bivalves are related to the scallops and oysters. Originally believed to be extinct and known only from fossil records, non-fossil shells of members of this family were first discovered in 1913 by the Australian research vessel HMS Endeavour off the coast of Victoria. Sixty years later, live specimens were finally discovered on the wing of a wrecked airplane at a depth of over 400 meters.[1]

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Pulvinitidae include:

  • Pulvinites de France 1824
    • Pulvinites adansoni de France 1824
    • Pulvinites antarctica
    • Pulvinites argenteus
    • Pulvinites dysporista
    • Pulvinites exempla
    • Pulvinites lawrencei
    • Pulvinites liasicus

References

  1. ↑ Loch, I. (5 January 2010). "Bivalve Pulvinitidae". Australian Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  • "Pulvinitidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.


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