Diceratidae is a family of rudists, a group of unusual extinct saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalves in the order Hippuritida.[1]

Diceratidae
Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–99.7 Ma
Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Hippuritida
Suborder:Hippuritidina
Superfamily:Radiolitoidea
Family:Diceratidae
Dall 1895
Genera

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Genera

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Genera within the family Diceratidae:

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