Sportellidae

Sportellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Sportellidae
Dall, 1899
Genera

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Sportellidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida.

Sportellidae shells are of moderate size, equivalve and with an external ligament set on small nymphs. The hinge has one or two cardinal teeth and inconspicuous laterals.

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