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Galeommatoidea
Sign in to saveGaleommatoidea is a superfamily of bivalves classified in the monotypic order Galeommatida.
Species
Superfamily
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderGaleommatida
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 138
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Kelliidae
- Collections
- UAM, UF
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Kiribati, Indonesia, Japan
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- Parent taxon
- Galeommatida
- Image
- Un bivalve de la famille des Galeommatidae.jpg
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Galeommatoidea is a superfamily of bivalves classified in the monotypic order Galeommatida.
Galeommatoids exhibit symbiotic relationships with many different groups of benthic and burrowing invertebrates. An ectocommensal species, "Parabonia" squillina, has been found to be nearly mutually exclusive with burrow-wall commensal species of Lysiosquilla. Galeommatoids are capable of active locomotion, crawling on their foot like a snail.
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