List of marine molluscs of Ireland (Bivalvia)

This is a list of the marine Mollusca Bivalvia recorded from Ireland. It is part of the List of marine molluscs of Ireland. The list includes species from the Continental Margin Zone (200 - 500m); Bathyal (500 - 2000m); Abyssal Rise (2000 - 4000m) ; Rockall Basin and Porcupine Seabight, Celtic Sea,

Taxonomy - Taxonomy of the Bivalvia (Bouchet, Rocroi, Bieler, Carter & Coan, 2010)

CLASS BIVALVIA LINNAEUS, 1758

SUBCLASS PROTOBRANCHIA

Order Nuculoida Dall, 1889

Superfamily Nuculoidea J. E. Gray, 1824

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  • Family Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824
    • Brevinucula verrilli (Dall, 1886)
    • Ennucula corbuloides (Seguenza, 1877)
    • Ennucula granulosa (Verrill, 1884)
    • Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)
    • Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939
    • Nucula hanleyi Winckworth, 1931
    • Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930
    • Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831
    • Nucula tumidula Malm, 1861

Superfamily Pristiglomoidea Sanders & Allen, 1973

  • Family Pristiglomidae Sanders & Allen, 1973

Order Nuculanoida Carter, Campbell & Campbell, 2000

Superfamily Nuculanoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858

  • Family Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 pars Yoldiidae
    • Ledella messanensis(Jeffreys, 1870)
    • Ledella pustulosa (Jeffreys, 1876)
    • Ledella ultima (E A Smith, 1885)
    • Microgloma pusilla (Jeffreys, 1879)
    • Microgloma tumidula (Monterosato, 1880)
    • Nuculana minuta (Müller, 1776)
    • Nuculana pernula (Müller, 1779)
    • Yoldiella curta Verrill & Bush, 1898
    • Yoldiella fabula Allen, Sanders & Hannah, 1995
    • Yoldiella incala Allen, Sanders & Hannah, 1995
    • Yoldiella insculpta (Jeffreys, 1879)
    • Yoldiella jeffreysi (Hidalgo, 1877)
    • Yoldiella lucida (Lovén, 1846)
    • Yoldiella nana (M Sars, 1865)
    • Yoldiella philippiana (Nyst, 1844)
    • Yoldiella thaerella Killeen & Turner, 2009
    • Yoldiella valorousae Killeen & Turner, 2009
  • Family Malletiidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
  • Family Neilonellidae Schileyko, 1989
  • Family Siliculidae Allen & Sanders, 1973
  • Family Bathyspinulidae Coan & Scott, 1997
    • Bathyspinula subexcisa (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
    • Bathyspinula filatovae (Knudsen 1967)
  • Family Lametilidae Allen & Sanders, 1973

AUTOLAMELLIBRANCHIATA Grobben, 1894

SUBCLASS PTERIOMORPHA Beurlen, 1944

Order Arcoida Stoliczka, 1870

Superfamily Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809

  • Family Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
    • Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
    • Asperarca nodulosa (Müller, 1776)
    • Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E A Smith, 1885)
    • Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
    • Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
    • Bentharca asperula (Dall 1881)
  • Family Glycymerididae Dall, 1908
  • Family Noetiidae Steward, 1930

Superfamily Limopsoidea Dall, 1895

  • Family Limopsidae Dall, 1895
    • Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814)
    • Limopsis cristata Jeffreys, 1876
    • Limopsis minuta (Philippi, 1836)
    • Limopsis tenella Jeffreys, 1876

Order Mytiloida Férussac, 1822

Superfamily Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815

Order Pterioida Newell, 1965

Superfamily Pterioidea J. E. Clay, 1847 [1820]

  • Family Pteriidae J. E. Gray, 1847 [1820]
    • Pinctada imbricata Roding, 1798 1 shell in a bait pot, Loher Beach, Waterville, Co Kerry.
    • Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Superfamily Ostreoidea Rafinesque, 1815

    • Family Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
    • Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
    • Ostrea edulis Linnaeus,1758
    • Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) Loher Beach, Waterville, Co. Kerry (2013), Cross Beach, Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo
  • Family Gryphaeidae Vyalov, 1936

Superfamily Pinnoidea Leach, 1819

Order Limoida Waller, 1978

Superfamily Limoidea d'Orbigny, 1846

  • Family Limidae d'Orbigny, 1846
    • Acesta excavata (J C Fabricius, 1779)
    • Limaria hians (Gmelin, 1791)
    • Limatula bisecta Allen, 2004 Known only from the type locality at the continental margin of the Porcupine Bight.
    • Limatula celtica Allen, 2004 Biscay Basin
    • Limatula gwyni (Sykes, 1903)
    • Limatula jeffreysi (P Fischer, 1882) Biscay Basin
    • Limatula margaretae Allen, 2004 known only from the type locality in the Biscay Basin at abyssal depths.
    • Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
    • Limatula subovata (Monterosato, 1875)

Order Pectinoida H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857

Superfamily Pectinoidea Rafinesque, 1815

  • Family Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815
    • Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791)
    • Hyalopecten pudicus (E A Smith, 1885)
    • Palliolum incomparabile (Risso, 1826)
    • Palliolum striatum (Müller, 1776)
    • Palliolum tigerinum (Müller, 1776)
    • Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771)
    • Karnekampia sulcata (Müller, 1776)
  • Family Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
    • Catillopecten eucymatus (Dall 1898)
    • Cyclopecten ambiannulatus Schein, 1989 Porcupine Sea Bight, Bay of Biscay
    • Cyclopecten hoskynsi (Forbes, 1844)
    • Parvamussium permirum (Dautzenberg, 1925) Porcupine Sea Bight
    • Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys in Thomson, 1873)
    • Similipecten oskarssoni Dijkstra & Warén, 2009
    • Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811)

Superfamily Anomioidea Rafinesque, 1815

  • Family Anomiidae Rafinesque, 1815
    • Anomia ephippium Linnaeus, 1758
    • Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Pododesmus squama (Gmelin, 1791)

SUBCLASS HETEROCONCHIA Hertwig, 1895 HETERODONTA Neumayr, 1883

Order Carditoida Dall, 1889

Superfamily Crassatelloidea Ferussac, 1822

  • Family Astartidae d'Orbigny, 1844
    • Astarte acuticostata Friele, 1877
    • Astarte elliptica (Brown, 1827)
    • Astarte montagui (Dillwyn, 1817)
    • Astarte sulcata (da Costa, 1778)
    • Goodallia triangularis (Montagu, 1803)

Superfamily Thyasiroidea Dall, 1900

  • Family Thyasiridae Dall, 1900
    • Adontorhina keegani Barry & McCormack 2007 Known only from Porcupine Bank, West of Ireland
    • Adontorhina similis Barry & McCormack 2007
    • Genaxinus eumyarius (M Sars, 1870)
    • Axinulus brevis (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
    • Axinulus croulinensis (Jeffreys, 1847)
    • Axinus grandis (Verrill & Smith 1885) Bay of Biscay and Rockall Trough
    • Leptaxinus incrassatus (Jeffreys, 1876) Rosemary Bank and south to Bay of Biscay
    • Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844)
    • Parathyasira subcircularis Payne & Allen, 1991 Atlantic margin.
    • Thyasira flexuosa (Montagu, 1803)
    • Thyasira scotiae Oliver & Drewery, 2014 Hatton-Rockall Basin.
    • Thyasira subovata (Jeffreys, 1881) Rockall Trough
    • Thyasira succisa (Jeffreys, 1876)
    • Thyasira tortuosa (Jeffreys, 1881)

Order Anomalodesmata Dall, 1889

Superfamily Pandoroidea Rafinesque, 1815

  • Family Pandoridae Rafinesque, 1815
  • Family Lyonsiidae P. Fischer, 1887

Superfamily Thracioidea Stoliczka, 1870

SUBCLASS SEPTIBRANCHIA Pelseneer, 1888

Superfamily Verticordioidea Stoliczka, 1871

  • Family Verticordiidae Stoliczka, 1870
    • Halicardia flexuosa (Verrill & Smith, 1881) bathyal and abyssal
    • Lyonsiella abyssicola G O Sars, 1872 bathyal and abyssal
    • Lyonsiella subquadrata (Jeffreys, 1882)
    • Policordia atlantica Allen & Turner, 1974 Porcupine Sea Bight
    • Policordia gemma (Verrill, 1880)
    • Spinosipella acuticostata (Philippia, 1844) Porcupine sea bank and margins of the Bay of Biscay
    • Verticordia triangularis (Locard, 1898) abyssal
  • Family Poromyidae Dall, 1886
    • Cetoconcha bulla (Dall, 1881) Porcupine
    • Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839)
    • Cetomya tornata (Jeffreys, 1876) Porcupine Sea Bight
  • Family Cuspidariidae Dall, 1886
    • Cardiomya cadiziana Huber, 2010 Biscay Basin
    • Cardiomya costellata (Deshayes, 1835)
    • Cardiomya knudseni Allen & Morgan, 1981 Porcupine Sea Bight
    • Cardiomya striata (Jeffreys, 1876) bathyal
    • Cuspidaria cuspidata (Olivi, 1792)
    • Cuspidaria lamellosa (G O Sars, 1872) Atlantic margin
    • Cuspidaria obesa (Lovén, 1846)
    • Cuspidaria parva Verrill & Bush, 1898 Rockall Trough and Biscay Basin
    • Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)
    • Cuspidaria undata Verrill, 1884 Porcupine
    • Halonympha inflata (Jeffreys, 1882) Known only from the original Porcupine material collected in the Biscay Basin
    • Myonera alleni Poutiers & Bernard, 1995 Bay of Biscay, Porcupine Sea Bight and Rockall Trough
    • Myonera demistriata Allen & Morgan, 1981 Rockall Trough
    • Myonera sulcifera (Jeffreys, 1882) Porcupine
    • Pseudoneara truncata Jeffreys, 1882 Biscay
    • Protocuspidaria atlantica Allen & Morgan, 1981 Porcupine Sea Bight and Biscay.
    • Protocuspidaria simplis Allen & Morgan, 1981 Porcupine Sea Bight
    • Rhinoclama notabilis (Jeffreys, 1876) abyssal
    • Tropidomya abbreviata (Forbes, 1843)

Order Veneroida H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856

Superfamily Lucinoidea Fleming, 1828

  • Family Lucinidae Fleming, 1828
    • Loripes lucinalis (Lamarck, 1818)
    • Lucinella divaricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)

Superfamily Galeommatoidea J. E. Gray, 1840

  • Family Basterotiidae Cossman, 1909
    • Atopomya dolobrata Oliver 2013 Wyville-Thomson Ridge and from the Porcupine Sea Bight
  • Family Lasaeidae J. E. Gray, 1842
  • Family Leptonidae J. E. Gray, 1847
  • Family Kelliidae Forbes & Hanley, 1849
  • Family Montacutidae W. Clark, 1855
    • Coracuta obliquata (Chaster, 1897)
    • Devonia perrieri (Malard, 1904)
    • Draculamya porobranchiata Oliver & Lutzen, 2011 bathyal
    • Epilepton clarkiae (Clark, 1852)
    • Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)
    • Kurtiella tumidula (Jeffreys, 1866)
    • Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808)
    • Scacchia tenera Jeffreys, 1881 bathyal and abyssal
    • Syssitomya pourtalesiana Oliver, 2012
    • Tellimya ferruginosa Montagu, 1808

Superfamily Hiatelloidea J. E. Gray, 1824

  • Family Hiatellidae J. E. Gray, 1824
    • Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Hiatella rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
    • Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 1930

Superfamily Gastrochaenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840

Superfamily Arcticoidea R. B. Newton, 1891

Superfamily Ungulinoidea H. Adams & A. Adams

Superfamily Glossoidea J. E. Gray, 1847 [1840]

  • Family Glossidae J. E. Gray, 1847 [1840]
  • Family Kelliellidae P. Fischer, 1887
    • Kelliella miliaris (Philippi, 1844)
  • Family Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 190
    • Vesicomya atlantica (E A Smith, 1885) bathyal and abyssal
    • Isorropodon mackayi Oliver & Drewery, 2014 Known only from a single location in the Hatton-Rockall Basin.

Superfamily Cardioidea Lamarck, 1809

Superfamily Veneroidea Rafinesque, 1815

  • Family Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
    • Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
    • Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778)
    • Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803)
    • Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
    • Tapes corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
    • Tapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Tapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777)
    • Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777)
    • Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758
    • Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
  • Family Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831
  • Family Turtoniidae Clark 1855
    • Turtonia minuta (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Family Neoleptonidae Thiele, 1934

Superfamily Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814

  • Family Tellinidae Blainville, 1814
    • Arcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777)
    • Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791
    • Tellina incarnata Linnaeus, 1758
    • Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758
    • Tellina pygmaea Lovén, 1846
    • Tellina tenuis da Costa, 1778
  • Family Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828
  • Family Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828
    • Gari costulata (Turton, 1822)
    • Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777)
    • Gari fervensis (Gmelin, 1791)
    • Gari tellinella (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Family Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870
    • Abra alba (W Wood, 1802)
    • Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
    • Abra nitida (Müller, 1776)
    • Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
    • Abra profundorum (E A Smith, 1885) abyssal
    • Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
    • Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803)
    • Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
  • Family Solecurtidae d'Orbigny, 1846
    • Azorinus chamasolen (da Costa, 1778)
    • Solecurtus candidus (Brocchi, 1814)
    • Solecurtus scopula (Turton, 1822)

Superfamily Solenoidea Lamarck, 1809

Superfamily Mactroidea Lamarck, 1809

  • Family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
    • Lutraria angustior Philippi, 1844
    • Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778)
    • Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
    • Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)

Order Myoida Stoliczka, 1870

Superfamily Myoidea Lamarck, 1809

Superfamily Pholadoidea Lamarck, 1809

  • Family Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809
    • Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Barnea parva (Pennant, 1777)
    • Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Pholadidea loscombiana Turton, 1819
    • Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
    • Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Family Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815
    • Bankia bipennata (Turton, 1819)
    • Bankia gouldi (Bartsch, 1908)
    • Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792)
    • Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)
    • Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758
    • Teredora malleolus (Turton, 1822)
    • Uperotus lieberkindi (Roch, 1931)
  • Family Xylophagaidae 1941

References

  • J.D. Nunn and J.M.C. Holmes A catalogue of the Irish and British marine Mollusca in the collections of the National Museum of Ireland ~ Natural History, 1835-2008
  • P. J. Hayward and J. S. Ryland Eds., 1999 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: Volume II: Molluscs to Chordates Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198575153
  • Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye. Also as CD ROM
  • Poppe, Guido T. & Goto, Yoshihiro. 1991-3. European seashells. Verlag Christa Hemmen ISBN 9783925919107

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