VENERIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
(carpet and venus shells)

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Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images
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Species 22 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images
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Subfamily 2 subtaxa 9 images
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Species 13 images
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Species 32 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 35 images 1 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 22 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyVENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells)
SuperfamilyVENEROIDEA (Venus clams & carpet shells)
OrderVENEROIDA (veneroids)
InfraclassEuheterodonta (an infraclass of molluscs)
SubclassHETERODONTA (a subclass of bivalve molluscs)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

VENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for VENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for VENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells)
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