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The Arcticidae are a family of marine clams in the order Venerida. The only living species in the family is Arctica islandica. There are also many fossil species classified in a number of genera.

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Vinony files it under Arcticidae and Bivalve families.

Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

krompen

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. OrderVenerida
  5. FamilyArcticidae
Habitatmarine, brackish

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Family
Arcticidae
Collections
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Veneroida
Image
Arctica islandica.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Arcticidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Arcticidae
Commons category
Arcticidae
taxon common name
Islandmuscheln
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The Arcticidae are a family of marine clams in the order Venerida. The only living species in the family is Arctica islandica. There are also many fossil species classified in a number of genera.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arcticidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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