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Phacoides

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Phacoides
Shell of Phacoides pectinatus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Lucinoidea
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Phacoides
Agassiz, 1846
Type species
Lucina jamaicensis Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms
  • Dentilucina P. Fischer, 1887 (objective synonym)
  • Dentilucina (Dentilucina) P. Fischer, 1887
  • Lucina (Dentilucina) P. Fischer, 1887
  • Lucina (Phacoides) Agassiz, 1846

Phacoides is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Lucinidae. [1] [2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Phacoides Agassiz, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203828 on 2022-01-02
  2. ^ a b "Phacoides Agassiz, 1846". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  • Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
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