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The Superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca:Bivalvia) in American Waters

An Illustrated Catalogue of Recent Species
By:Javier H. Signorelli
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9783030290962
eText ISBN:9783030290979
Edition:0
Copyright:2019
Format:Reflowable

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This book identifies all valid species belonging to the superfamily Mactroidea living in American waters, distributed across fourteen biogeographical provinces. It also provides an updated classification of the widely occurring Mactroidea superfamily, which comprises eight subfamilies grouped into four families: Mactridae (Lamarck, 1809); Anatinellidae (Deshayes, J.Gray 1853); Cardiliidae (Fischer, 1887) and Mesodesmatidae (J. Gray, 1840). The species included in this superfamily are known to have existed in North America since the Early Cretaceous.