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Definition of Arcidae
1. Noun. Ark shells.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Bivalvia, Class Bivalvia, Class Lamellibranchia, Class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia
Member holonyms: Arca, Genus Arca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcidae
Literary usage of Arcidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"Three new species of the pelecypod family Arcidae from the Pliocene of California
... Mesozoic and Cenozoic Arcidae from the Pacific slope of North America. ..."
2. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"... Arcidae, and in Pecten. The afferent branchial vessel runs in the dorsal ...
and Arcidae, but when the cavities of successive filaments are put into ..."
3. Contributions to Geology and Plant Physiology by Johns Hopkins University (1917)
"The Arcidae originated and suddenly became a prominent group in the latter part
of the Mesozoic and developed into very great importance in the Tertiary. ..."
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