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Dimyidae

Synonyms: Atretidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Dimyidae is a family of extremely flattened, small (<1 cm), pleurothetic, relatively rare marine bivalve molluscs in the order Ostreoida inhabiting the deeper regions of continental shelves from the Caribbean to Japan. They are sometimes called dimyarian oysters. Unlike other ostreoids, the dimyarian oysters attach themselves to a substrate via their right (rather than left) valves. They are related to the scallops and other oysters.
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Genus

Atreta (19)
Basiliomya (Goreau's dimyid) (1)
Dimya (Silver dimyid) (26)
Dimyella (Starck's dimyid) (4)
Diploschiza (1)
Neoatreta (4)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0