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Scissodesma

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Scissodesma
Scissodesma angolensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Scissodesma
Gray, 1837
Type species
Mactra spengleri Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
  • Schizodesma of Gray, 1838 · unaccep (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Scissodesma (Crepispisula) Eames, 1957 · alternate representation
  • Scissodesma (Scissodesma) Gray, 1837 · alternate representation
  • Spisula (Crepispisula) Eames, 1957

Scissodesma is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Africa.[1]

Species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Scissodesma Gray, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  • Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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