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• Kingdom Animalia
• Class Bivalvia
• Order Pholadomyoida
• Family Cuspidariidae

• Classification

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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    Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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      Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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        Protostomia (protostomes)
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          Lophotrochozoa
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            Trochozoa
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              Mollusca
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                Class Bivalvia
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                  Order Pholadomyoida
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                    Family Cuspidariidae
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                      Genus Austroneaera
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                      Genus Cardiomya
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                      Genus Cuspidaria
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                      Genus Leiomya
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                      Genus Luzonia
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                      Genus Myonera
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                      Genus Plectodon
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                      Genus Protocuspidaria
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                      Genus Pseudogrippina
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                      Genus Pseudoneaera
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                      Genus Rhinoclama

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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