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Dimyidae
Sign in to saveDimyidae is a family of extremely flattened, small (<1 cm), pleurothetic, relatively rare marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pectinida inhabiting the deeper regions of continental shelves from the Caribbean to Japan. They are sometimes called dimyarian oysters. Unlike other ostreids, the dimyarian oysters attach themselves to a substrate via their right (rather than left) valves. They are related to the scallops and other oysters.
Species
イシガキ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderPectinida
- FamilyDimyidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 125
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- 37
- Family
- Dimyidae
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- USNM, MCZ, UF, WAM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, French Polynesia, Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Ocean Indien, Madagascar
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dimyidae is a family of extremely flattened, small (Bayer 1971 Basiliomya goreaui F. M. Bayer, 1971 Dimya Roualt 1848 Dimyella Moore 1969 Dimyella starcki D. R. Moore, 1969
==References== Moore, D.R., 1969. A New Genus and Species of Dimyidae from the caribbean Coast of Mexico. Journal de Conchyliologie 107: 137-141
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