Lasaeidae is a

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of very small saltwater clams,

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s in the order

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. These bivalves are sometimes called "kelly clams", because one of the genera in this family is ''

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Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Lasaeidae include: * '' Aligena'' I. Lea, 1843 ** '' Aligena diegoana'' Hertlein and Grant, 1972 ** '' Aligena elevata'' (Stimpson, 1851) ** '' Aligena texasiana'' Harry, 1969 * '' Arthritica'' Finlay, 1927 ** '' Arthritica bifurca'' (Webster, 1908) ** '' Arthritica crassiformis''

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, 1933 ** '' Arthritica hulmei'' Ponder, 1965 * '' Boreacola'' Bernard, 1979 ** '' Boreacola dawsoni'' (Jeffreys, 1864) ** '' Boreacola vadosus'' Bernard, 1979 * '' Bornia''

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, 1836 ** '' Bornia longipes'' (Stimpson, 1855) ** '' Bornia sebetia'' Costa, 1829 * '' Borniola'' Iredale, 1924 ** '' Borniola bidentifera'' (

, 1933) ** '' Borniola decapitata'' (

, 1939) ** '' Borniola neozelanica''

, 1937 ** '' Borniola powelli'' Crozier, 1966 ** '' Borniola profunda'' (

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, 1952) ** '' Borniola quadrata'' (

, 1956) ** '' Borniola reniformis'' (

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, 1908) ** '' Borniola taieriensis'' (

, 1939) * '' Borniopsis'' Habe, 1959 * '' Decipula'' Jeffreys, 1881 ** '' Decipula tenella'' (Loven, 1846) * '' Entovalva'' Voeltzkow, 1890 ** '' Entovalva amboinensis'' (Spärck, 1931) ** '' Entovalva lessonothuriae'' Kato, 1999 ** '' Entovalva mirabilis'' Voeltzkow, 1890 ** ''

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'' Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010 ** '' Entovalva perrieri'' (Malard, 1903) * '' Erycina'' Lamarck, 1805 ** '' Erycina balliana'' Dall, 1916 ** '' Erycina coronata'' Dall, 1916 ** '' Erycina emmonsi'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Erycina linella'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Erycina periscopiana'' Dall, 1899 * '' Isorobitella'' Keen, 1962 ** '' Isorobitella trigonalis'' (

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, 1857) * ''

'' Turton, 1822 ** '' Kellia cycladea'' S. V. Wood, 1844 ** '' Kellia cycladiformis'' Deshayes, 1834 ** '' Kellia minima'' Ponder, 1971 ** '' Kellia suborbicularis'' ( Montagu, 1803) * ''

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'' T. Brown, 1827 ** '' Lasaea adansoni'' (

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, 1791) ** '' Lasaea cistula'' Keen, 1938 ** '' Lasaea maoria'' (

, 1933) ** '' Lasaea parengaensis''

, 1935 ** '' Lasaea rubra'' ( Montagu, 1803) ** '' Lasaea rubra hinemoa'' Finlay, 1928 ** '' Lasaea rubra rossiana'' Finlay, 1928 ** '' Lasaea subviridis'' Dall, 1899 * ''

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'' Turton, 1822 ** '' Lepton lacerum'' (Jeffreys, 1872) ** '' Lepton lepidum''

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, 1826 ** '' Lepton meroeum''

, 1864 ** '' Lepton nitidum'' ** '' Lepton squamosum'' ( Montagu, 1803) * '' Mancikellia'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Mancikellia pumila'' (S. V. Wood, 1850) * '' Melliteryx'' Iredale, 1924 ** '' Melliteryx parva'' Deshayes, 1856 * '' Montacuta'' Turton, 1822 ** '' Montacuta dawsoni'' Jeffreys, 1864 ** '' Montacuta donacina'' (S. V. Wood, 1802) ** '' Montacuta elevata'' ** '' Montacuta ferruginosa'' ** '' Montacuta limpida'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Montacuta minuscula'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Montacuta percompressa'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Montacuta planata'' ** '' Montacuta semiradiata neozelanica'' (

, 1956) ** '' Montacuta substriata'' ( Montagu, 1808) ** '' Montacuta voringi'' Friele, 1877 * '' Myllita''

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and Récluz, 1850 ** '' Myllita stowei'' ( Hutton, 1873) * '' Myllitella'' Finlay, 1927 ** '' Myllitella vivens vivens'' Finlay, 1927 ** '' Myllitella vivens pinguis''

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, 1928 * '' Mysella'' Angas, 1877 ** '' Mysella aleutica'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Mysella alpha''

, 1937 ** '' Mysella aupouria''

, 1937 ** '' Mysella beringensis'' ( Dall, 1916) ** '' Mysella beta''

, 1937 ** '' Mysella bidentata'' ** '' Mysella casta'' (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898) ** '' Mysella charcoti'' (Lamy, 1906) ** '' Mysella compressa'' ( Dall, 1913) ** '' Mysella dawsoni'' (Jeffreys, 1864) ** '' Mysella golischi'' ( Dall, 1916) ** '' Mysella grebnitzkii'' ( Dall, 1916) ** '' Mysella grippi'' ( Dall, 1912) ** '' Mysella henryi'' Fleming, 1948 ** '' Mysella hounselli''

, 1931 ** '' Mysella lachlani''

, 1952 ** '' Mysella larochei''

, 1940 ** '' Mysella macquariensis'' (Hedley, 1916) ** '' Mysella moelleri'' ( Mörch, 1875) ** '' Mysella morioria''

, 1952 ** '' Mysella ovata'' (Jeffreys, 1881) ** '' Mysella pedroana'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Mysella planata'' (Krause, 1885) ** '' Mysella planulata'' (Stimpson, 1851) ** '' Mysella sovialiki'' ** '' Mysella striatula'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Mysella tellinula'' ( Odhner, 1924) ** '' Mysella triquetra'' (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898) ** '' Mysella tumida'' (

, 1864) ** '' Mysella tumidula'' (Jeffreys, 1866) ** '' Mysella unidentata'' ( Odhner, 1924) * '' Neaeromya'' Gabe, 1873 ** '' Neaeromya chacei'' ( Dall, 1916) ** '' Neaeromya compressa'' ( Dall, 1899) ** '' Neaeromya floridana'' ( Dall, 1899) ** '' Neaeromya myaciformis'' ( Dall, 1916) ** '' Neaeromya rugifera'' (

, 1864) ** '' Neaeromya stearnsi'' ( Dall, 1899) * '' Odontogena''

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, 1964 ** '' Odontogena borealis''

, 1964 * '' Orobitella'' Dall, 1900 ** '' Orobitella bakeri'' ( Dall, 1916) ** '' Orobitella californica'' ( Dall, 1899) ** '' Orobitella floridana'' ( Dall, 1899) ** '' Orobitella limpida'' ( Dall, 1899) * '' Parabornia'' Boss, 1965 ** '' Parabornia squillina'' Boss, 1965 * '' Planktomya'' Simroth, 1896 ** '' Planktomya henseni'' Simroth, 1896 * '' Platomysia'' Habe, 1951 ** '' Platomysia rugata'' Habe, 1951 * '' Pristes''

, 1864 **'' Pristes oblongus''

, 1864 – chiton clam * '' Pseudopythina'' P. Fischer, 1884 * '' Pythinella'' Dall, 1899 ** '' Pythinella cuneata'' (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898) * '' Rhamphidonta'' Bernard, 1975 **'' Rhamphidonta retifera'' ( Dall, 1899) – netted kellyclam * ''

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'' Velain, 1878 ** '' Rochefortia compressa'' Dall, 1913 ** '' Rochefortia grippi'' Dall, 1912 ** '' Rochefortia tumida'' (

, 1864) * '' Semierycina'' Monterosato, 1911 ** '' Semierycina nitida'' ( Turton, 1822) ** '' Semierycina tenera'' (Jeffreys, 1881) * '' Tellimya'' Brown, 1827 ** ''

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'' ( Montagu, 1803) ** '' Tellimya phascolionis'' (Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1925) ** '' Tellimya vitrea aupouria'' Ponder, 1968 * '' Tomburchus'' W. H. Harry, 1969 ** '' Tomburchus redondoensis'' (Burch, 1941)

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
J. Lützen, B. Berland & G.A.Bristow, Morphology of an endosymbiotic bivalve, Entovalva nhatrangensis (Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010) (Galeommatoidea); Molluscan Research 31(2): 114–124 ; ISSN 1323-5818
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3014893 Taxa named by John Edward Gray Bivalve families