Sportellidae

Sportellidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Cyamioidea.

Sportellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Heterodonta
Superorder:	Imparidentia
Superfamily:	Cyamioidea
Family:	Sportellidae Dall, 1899
Genera
See text.

Sportellidae shells are of moderate size, equivalve and with an external ligament set on small nymphs. The hinge has one or two cardinal teeth and inconspicuous laterals.

Genera and species

• Anisodonta Deshayes, 1858
  • Anisodonta alata (Powell, 1952)
  • Anisodonta alata trigonia (Powell, 1952)
  • Anisodonta pseudoscintilla Ponder, 1971
  • Anisodonta carolina Dall, 1900
• Basterotia Hoernes, 1859
  • Basterotia corbuloidea Dall, 1899
  • Basterotia elliptica (Recluz, 1850)
  • Basterotia floridana Dall, 1903
  • Basterotia hertleini Durham, 1950
  • Basterotia peninsularis (Jordan, 1936)
  • Basterotia quadrata (Hanley, 1843)
• Benthoquetia Iredale, 1930
  • Benthoquetia integra (Hedley, 1907)
• Ensitellops Olsson and Harbison, 1953
  • Ensitellops pilsbryi (Dall, 1899)
  • Ensitellops protexta (Conrad, 1841)
  • Ensitellops tabula Olsson and Harbison, 1953
• Fabella Conrad, 1863
  • Fabella pilsbryi (Dall, 1899)
• Planktomya Simroth, 1896
  • Planktomya henseni Simroth, 1896

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1