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Translingual
Etymology
Pecten + -ida
Proper noun
Pectinida
- A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia – scallops and close relatives.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (order): Anomioidea, Dimyoidea, Pectinoidea, Plicatuloidea - extant superfamilies
- Anomiidae, Dimyidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae, Placunidae, Plicatulidae, Propeamussiidae, Spondylidae - extant families
- †Aviculopectinoidea, †Buchioidea, †Chaenocardioidea, †Entolioidea, †Euchondrioidea, †Eurydesmatoidea, †Heteropectinoidea, †Oxytomoidea, †Prospondyloidea, †Pterinopectinoidea - extinct superfamilies
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