Isognomonidae
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Isognomonidae is a family of marine bivalve mollusks. They are related to the pearl oysters.
Some of the species in the family are known as tree oysters because they are edible and grow on mangrove roots.[1]
[edit] Taxonomy
- Crenatula
- Crenatula modiolaris Lamarck, 1819.
- Isognomon Lightfoot 1786
- Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791) - Flat tree-oyster
- Isognomon bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Isognomon ephippium
- Isognomon isognomum
- Isognomon janus
- Isognomon legumen
- Isognomon perna Linnaeus 1767)
- Isognomon radiatus (Anton, 1839)
- Isognomon recognitus
- Isognomon vulselloides Macsotay & Campos, 2001
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