Vesicomyidae
Vesicomyidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.
| Vesicomyidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Glossoidea |
| Family: | Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 1901 |
| Genera | |
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Adulomya (disputed) | |
Genera and species
Genera, and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are:
- Adulomya Kuroda, 1931 (includes Ectenagena, may be synonym of Pleurophopsis)
- Adulomya elongata (Dall, 1916)
- Adulomya extenta (Krylova & Moskalev, 1996)
- Adulomya phaseoliformis (Métivier, Okutani & Ohta, 1986)
- Adulomya kaikoi (Okutani & Métivier, 1986)
- Adulomya uchimuraensis Kuroda, 1931 (fossil)
- Calyptogena Dall, 1891
- Calyptogena magnifica
- Calyptogena pacifica Dall, 1891
- Isorropodon Sturany, 1896
- Laubiericoncha von Cosel & Olu, 2008
- Laubiericoncha angulata (Dall, 1896) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha chuni (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha myriamae von Cosel & Olu, 2008
- Laubiericoncha suavis (Dall, 1913) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha sp. 'Edison Seamount'
- Laubiericoncha sp. 'Gakkel Ridge'
- Vesicomya Dall, 1886
- Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Vesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969
- Vesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967
- Vesicomya cordata Boss, 1968
- Vesicomya gigas (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya leeana (Dall, 1889)
- Vesicomya lepta (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya ovalis (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya pilula (Dall, 1881)
- Vesicomya smithii Dall, 1889
- Vesicomya stearnsii (Dall, 1895)
- Vesicomya vesica (Dall, 1886)
- "Pleurophopsis" Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil, nomen dubium, sometimes included in Calyptogena)
Further reading
- Krylova E. M. & Sahling H. (2010). "Vesicomyidae (Bivalvia): Current Taxonomy and Distribution". PLoS ONE 5(4): e9957. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009957
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