Scissodesma is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae.[1]
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| Scissodesma angolensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
| Family: | Mactridae |
| Genus: | Scissodesma Gray, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Mactra spengleri Linnaeus, 1767 | |
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The species of this genus are found in Africa.[1]
Species:[1]
- Scissodesma acutissima (Cosel, 1995)
- Scissodesma (Crepispisula) amekiensis (Eames, 1957)
- Scissodesma angolensis (Cosel, 1995)
- Scissodesma micronitida (Cosel, 1995)
- Scissodesma nitida (Gmelin, 1791)
- Scissodesma spengleri (Linnaeus, 1767)
References edit
- ^ a b c "Scissodesma Gray, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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- Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. Magazine of Natural History, N.S. 1: 370-376.
- Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219.
- Eames, F. E. 1957. Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria: a revision. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 3:23–70, pls. 5–10