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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A section or order of dimyarian bivalve mollusks, with the few hinge-teeth distinctly separated as cardinal and lateral, alternating, and exactly fitting into pits in the opposite valve. It includes a large majority of living bivalves, as Veneridæ, Unionidæ, and many related families.

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