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Myochamidae

{{Short description|Family of bivalves}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Myochamidae

| image = FMIB 48820 Myochama stutchburyi A Ad, attached to Circe undatina Lam, Moreton Bay.jpeg

| image_caption = Myochama transversa on Circe undatina

| authority = P. P. Carpenter, 1861

| display_parents = 2

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = 4, see text.

}}

Myochamidae is a family of marine bivalves in the superorder Anomalodesmata. It includes both cementing and burrowing species.

Genera

There are four genera within the family Myochamidae:

References

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{{cite journal |last1=Harper |first1=Elizabeth M. |last2=Hide |first2=Elizabeth A. |last3=Morton |first3=Brian |title=Relationships between the extant Anomalodesmata: a cladistic test |journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications |date=2000 |volume=177 |issue=1 |pages=129–143 |doi=10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.177.01.07}}

{{cite WoRMS |title=Myochamidae P. P. Carpenter, 1861 |year=2024 |id=391095 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=30 June 2024}}

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Further reading

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-85467-054-8}}

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Category:Bivalve families

Category:Taxa named by Philip Pearsall Carpenter

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