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Definition of Pholadidae
1. Noun. A family of Bivalvia.
Exact synonyms: Family Pholadidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Bivalvia, Class Bivalvia, Class Lamellibranchia, Class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia
Member holonyms: Genus Pholas, Pholas
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Bivalvia, Class Bivalvia, Class Lamellibranchia, Class Pelecypoda, Lamellibranchia
Member holonyms: Genus Pholas, Pholas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pholadidae
Literary usage of Pholadidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"Pholadidae a, Shell small; siphons many times as long ns shell; ship worms. .2.
... Key to the genera of Pholadidae here described: a, Dorsal margin of ..."
2. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"... is feebly retractile. the valves do not meet and fit perfectly together along
the ventral edge and are "gaping," as may be seen in the Pholadidae, ..."
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