Veneracea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Veneracea \Ven`e*ra"ce*a\, prop. n. pl. [NL. See {Venus}.]
     (Zool.)
     An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus
     {Venus} is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat
     heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See {Venus}.
     [1913 Webster]