Thraciidae is a
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family
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of small saltwater clams,
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bivalves
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in the
order
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Anomalodesmata
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.
Selected genera and species
Genera and species within the family Thraciidae include:
* ''
Asthenothaerus''
Carpenter
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, 1864
** ''
Asthenothaerus diegensis''
( Dall, 1915)
** ''
Asthenothaerus hemphilli''
Dall, 1886
** ''
Asthenothaerus villosior''
Carpenter
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, 1864
* ''
Bushia
''Bushia'' is a genus of saltwater clams in the family Thraciidae.
* '' Bushia elegans'' ( Dall, 1886)
* '' Bushia rushii'' (Pilsbry
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''
Dall, 1886
** ''
Bushia elegans
''Bushia'' is a genus of saltwater clams in the family Thraciidae.
* '' Bushia elegans'' ( Dall, 1886)
* '' Bushia rushii'' (Pilsbry
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''
( Dall, 1886)
** ''
Bushia rushii
''Bushia'' is a genus of saltwater clams in the family Thraciidae.
* ''Bushia elegans'' ( Dall, 1886)
* '' Bushia rushii'' (Pilsbry
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''
(Pilsbry
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, 1897)
* ''
Cyathodonta
''Cyathodonta'' is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the family Thraciidae
Thraciidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalves in the order (biology), order Anomalodesmat ...
''
Conrad, 1849
* ''
Lampeia''
MacGinitie, 1959
** ''
Lampeia adamsi''
(MacGinitie, 1959)
* ''
Parvithracia''
Finlay, 1927
** ''
Parvithracia cuneata''
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, 1937
** ''
Parvithracia suteri''
Finlay, 1927
* ''
Thracia''
Leach in Blainville, 1824
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
*
Sartori, A. F. ; Domaneschi, O., ''The functional morphology of the Antarctic bivalve Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885 (Anomalodesmata: Thraciidae)'', Journal of Molluscan Studies, v. 71, p. 199-210, 2005
Bivalve families
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