Pterioidea
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pterioidea-308-3327738
title:
Pterioidea
text:
Pterioidea is a superfamily of epifaunal marine bivalves mostly inhabiting continental shelf regions of tropical and subtropical oceans. The superfamily includes the economically-important saltwater pearl oysters as well as the oddly shaped hammer oysters. A number of species have found use as model organisms in the fields of medicine and science. It includes the following three accepted living families: Malleidae, the hammer oysters, Lamarck, 1818
Pteriidae, the pearl oysters, tree oysters, and
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Superfamily of bivalves
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterioidea
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date modified:
2024-04-07T11:43:31Z
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