Isognomonidae
Family of molluscs
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Isognomonidae is a family of medium-sized to large salt-water clams. They are pearl oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Pterioidea.[1]
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| Shell of Isognomon ephippium (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Superfamily: | Pterioidea |
| Family: | Isognomonidae Woodring, 1925 (1828) |
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Genera
- Isognomon [Lightfoot], 1786 - tree oysters