Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams,

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

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s in the superfamily Glossoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23140 on 2022-02-01

Genera and species

Genera, and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are: ; Subfamily Pliocardiinae Woodring, 1925 * '' Abyssogena'' Krylova, Sahling & R. Janssen, 2010 * '' Archivesica'' Dall, 1908 * '' Austrogena'' Krylova, Sellanes, F. Valdés & D'Elía, 2014 * '' Callogonia'' Dall, 1889 * '' Calyptogena''

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, 1891 * '' Christineconcha'' Krylova & Cosel, 2011 * † '' Cytherocardia'' Sacco, 1900 * '' Ectenagena'' Woodring, 1938 * '' Elenaconcha'' Cosel & Olu, 2009 * † '' Hubertschenckia'' Takeda, 1953 * '' Isorropodon'' Sturany, 1896 * '' Laubiericoncha'' von Cosel & Olu, 2008 ** '' Laubiericoncha angulata'' (

, 1896) (formerly in ''Vesicomya'') ** '' Laubiericoncha chuni'' (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931) (formerly in ''Vesicomya'') ** '' Laubiericoncha myriamae'' von Cosel & Olu, 2008 ** '' Laubiericoncha suavis'' (

, 1913) (formerly in ''Vesicomya'') ** ''Laubiericoncha'' sp. 'Edison Seamount' ** ''Laubiericoncha'' sp. 'Gakkel Ridge' * † '' Notocalyptogena'' Amano, Saether, C. Little & K.A. Campbell, 2014 * '' Phreagena'' Woodring, 1938 * '' Pleurophopsis'' Van Winkle, 1919 ( fossil, ''

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'', sometimes included in ''Calyptogena'') ** ''"Pleurophopsis" peruviana'' Olsson, 1931 ( fossil) ** ''"Pleurophopsis" unioides'' Van Winkle, 1919 ( fossil) * '' Pliocardia'' Woodring, 1925 * '' Turneroconcha'' Krylova & Sahling, 2020 * '' Waisiuconcha'' Beets, 1942 * '' Wareniconcha'' Cosel & Olu, 2009 ; Subfamily Vesicomyinae Dall & Simpson, 1901 * '' Vesicomya''

, 1886 ** '' Vesicomya atlantica'' (E. A. Smith, 1885) ** '' Vesicomya bruuni'' Filatova, 1969 ** '' Vesicomya caribbea'' Boss, 1967 ** '' Vesicomya cordata'' Boss, 1968 ** '' Vesicomya gigas'' (

, 1896) ** '' Vesicomya leeana'' (

, 1889) ** '' Vesicomya lepta'' (

, 1896) ** '' Vesicomya ovalis'' (

, 1896) ** '' Vesicomya pilula'' (

, 1881) ** '' Vesicomya smithii''

, 1889 ** '' Vesicomya stearnsii'' (

, 1895) ** '' Vesicomya vesica'' (

, 1886) ;Synonyms: * † ''Adulomya'' Kuroda, 1931 (includes ''Ectenagena''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 : synonym of † '' Pleurophopsis uchimuraensis'' (Kuroda, 1931) (original combination) * ''Akebiconcha'' Kuroda, 1943: synonym of '' Archivesica'' Dall, 1908 * ''Laubiericoncha'' Cosel & Olu, 2008: synonym of ''Archivesica'' Dall, 1908 * ''Pleurophoropsis'' Cossmann, 1920: synonym of ''Pleurophopsis'' van Winkle, 1919 (unjustified emendation of ''Pleurophopsis'')

References

* Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. * Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links

Dall, W. H. & Simpson, C. T. (1901). The Mollusca of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 20: 351-524, pl. 54-58
* Krylova E. M. & Sahling H. (2010). "Vesicomyidae (Bivalvia): Current Taxonomy and Distribution". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(4): e9957.
Krylova, E. M.; Sahling, H.; Borowski, C. (2018). Resolving the status of the families Vesicomyidae and Kelliellidae (Bivalvia: Venerida), with notes on their ecology. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 84(1): 69–91
* Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014)
Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics. 28(1): 32-115
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