Vesicomyidae

Vesicomyidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.

Vesicomyidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Glossoidea
Family: Vesicomyidae
Dall & Simpson, 1901
Genera

Adulomya (disputed)
Calyptogena
Laubiericoncha
Vesicomya

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
  • 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)
    • "Pleurophopsis" peruviana Olsson, 1931 (fossil)
    • "Pleurophopsis" unioides Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil)

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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