False ark shell | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Pteriomorpha |
Order: | Arcoida |
Family: | Cucullaeidae Stewart 1930 |
Genus: | Cucullaea Lamarck, 1801 |
Species | |
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The false ark shells are a small genus of marine bivalve molluscs related to the ark clams. The genus is the only member of the family Cucullaeidae.[1]