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Solemyoidea
Solemya elarraichensis holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Solemyida
Superfamily:	Solemyoidea Gray, 1840
Families
†Clinopisthidae Pojeta, 1988 †Ctenodontidae Wöhrmann, 1893 †Ovatoconchidae J. G. Carter, 2011 Solemyidae Gray, 1840
Synonyms
Cryptodonta

Solemyoidea, formerly Cryptodonta, are a nearly-extinct superfamily of the bivalves.

The valves of the shell are relatively thin and somewhat elongated. Unlike most other bivalves, species in this group have no hinge teeth on their shells. They have relatively primitive, "protobranchiate", gills.

References

1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Solemyoidea Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22630 on 25 July 2024
2. Neumayr, M. (1884). Zur Morphologie der Bivalvenschlosses. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I. 88: 385–419. page(s): 392, 393
3. Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 430. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.

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