| False ark shell | |
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| View of umbones ofCucullaea labiata | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Superfamily: | Arcoidea |
| Family: | Cucullaeidae Stewart 1930 |
| Genus: | Cucullaea Lamarck, 1801[1] |
| Species | |
See text | |
| Synonyms | |
Cuculina Rafinesque, 1815 | |
Thefalse ark shells (Cucullaea) are a smallgenus ofmarinebivalvemolluscs related to theark clams. The genus is the only member of thefamilyCucullaeidae.[2]
The World Register of Marine Species lists the followingspecies:
