Manzanellidae Explained

Manzanellidae is a fossil family of bivalves, in the order Solemyida. They were previously considered containing fossil and recent members of Nucinellidae.

Genera and species

• Manzanella Girty, 1909
  • Manzanella elliptica Girty, 1909
  • Manzanella cryptodentata Chronic, 1952
• Posterodonta Kauffman, 1976
  • Posterodonta manihikiensis Kauffman, 1976

Further reading

• Book: Coan . Eugene V. . Valentich-Scott . Paul . 2012 . Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru . Santa Barbara . Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History . 978-0936494432.
• Book: Paula M. . Mikkelsen . Rüdiger . Bieler . 2008 . Seashells of Southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida Keys and adjacent regions. Bivalves . Princeton . Princeton University Press . 978-0691116068.