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Also known as Lucinoida

Lucinida (formerly Lucinoida) is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. OrderLucinida
Habitatmarine

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Lucinida (formerly Lucinoida) is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.

== Families == In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of the Bivalvia. Lucinoida (now Lucinida) thus became an order of its own. It includes the following two superfamilies: Superfamily: Lucinoidea Family: Lucinidae Family: †Mactromyidae Family: †Paracyclidae Superfamily: Thyasiroidea Family: Thyasiridae

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