Originally, razor shells were all classified as Solenidae. Then, the genera were grouped into two sub-families, the Cultellinae and Soleninae. Later, the two subfamilies were recognized as separate families, with Cultellinae accepted as Pharidae and the family Solenidae containing only the two genera Solen and Solena.[1]
solenidae, commonly, called, razor, shells, family, marine, bivalve, molluscs, unassigned, euheterodonta, some, valves, solen, marginatus, from, beach, driftscientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, molluscaclass, bivalviaorder, adapedontasuperfamily,. Solenidae commonly called razor shells is a family of marine bivalve molluscs in the unassigned Euheterodonta SolenidaeSome valves of Solen marginatus from the beach driftScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass BivalviaOrder AdapedontaSuperfamily SolenoideaFamily SolenidaeLamarck 1809GeneraSee text Taxonomy EditOriginally razor shells were all classified as Solenidae Then the genera were grouped into two sub families the Cultellinae and Soleninae Later the two subfamilies were recognized as separate families with Cultellinae accepted as Pharidae and the family Solenidae containing only the two genera Solen and Solena 1 Genera EditGenera in the family Solenidae include SolenLinnaeus 1758 SolenaMorch 1853 1 References Edit a b World Register of Marine Species This bivalve related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Solenidae amp oldid 1024711998, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
