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Cucullaea
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Cucullaea

The false ark shells (Cucullaea) are a small genus of marine bivalve molluscs related to the ark clams. The genus is the only member of the family Cucullaeidae.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Cowl Shell

speciesCucullaea labiata

Cucullaea granulosa

speciesCucullaea granulosa

Cucullaea petita

speciesCucullaea petita

Cucullaea gigantea

speciesCucullaea gigantea

Cucullaea vaga

speciesCucullaea vaga

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 342563.