False ark shell

False ark shell
View of umbones of Cucullaea labiata (Lightfoot, 1786)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorpha
Order: Arcoida
Family: Cucullaeidae
Stewart 1930
Genus: Cucullaea
Lamarck, 1801 [1]
Species

See text

Synonyms

Cuculina Rafinesque, 1815

The false ark shells (Cucullaea) are a small genus of marine bivalve molluscs related to the ark clams. The genus is the only member of the family Cucullaeidae.[2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Tran, Bastien (2010). "Cucullaea Lamarck, 1801". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  2. CAAB taxon report.
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