Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Family Hippuritidae is a member of the Superfamily Hippuritacea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Hippuritidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Bivalvia
- Bivalves
- Order: Hippuritoida
- Superfamily: Hippuritacea
- Family: Hippuritidae
- Superfamily: Hippuritacea
- Order: Hippuritoida
- Class: Bivalvia
- Bivalves
- Phylum: Mollusca
(Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Hippuritidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (3): Hippuritella · Hippurites · Vaccinites
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 49 species and subspecies in the Family Hippuritidae.
Genera
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Hippuritella
Hippurites
Vaccinites
At least 24 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vaccinites.
More info about the Genus Vaccinites may be found here.
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