False ark shell

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = False ark shell

| image = Cucullaea labiata 3.JPG

| image_caption = View of umbones of Cucullaea labiata

| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = Stewart 1930

| taxon = Cucullaea

| authority = Lamarck, 1801 {{cite WoRMS |author=Tran, Bastien |year=2010 |title=Cucullaea Lamarck, 1801 |id=492128 |access-date=2012-02-14 }}

| synonyms = Cuculina Rafinesque, 1815

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

The false ark shells (Cucullaea) are a small genus of marine bivalve molluscs related to the ark clams. The genus is the only member of the family Cucullaeidae.[http://www.marine.csiro.au/caabsearch/caab_search.caab_report?spcode=23227001 CAAB taxon report.]