Thyasiridae is a

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of bivalve

molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...

, including the cleft clams, in the order Lucinida.

Genera and species

* '' Adontorhina'' S. S. Berry, 1947 ** '' Adontorhina cyclia'' S. S. Berry, 1947 ** '' Adontorhina keegani'' Barry & McCormack, 2007 ** '' Adontorhina lynnae'' Valentich-Scott, 2000 ** '' Adontorhina pisum'' (Dall, 1908) ** '' Adontorhina similis'' Barry & McCormack, 2007 ** '' Adontorhina sphaericosa'' Scott, 1986 ** '' Adontorhina zelayai'' Valentich-Scott, 2012 * '' Ascetoaxinus'' P. G. Oliver & Frey, 2014 * '' Axinodon'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Axinodon redondoensis'' (T. A. Burch, 1941) ** '' Axinodon symmetros'' (Jeffreys, 1876) * '' Axinopsida'' Keen and Chavan, 1951 ** '' Axinopsida cordata'' (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898) ** '' Axinopsida orbiculata'' (G. O. Sars, 1878) ** '' Axinopsida serricata'' ( Carpenter, 1864) ** '' Axinopsida viridis'' ( Dall, 1901) * '' Axinulus'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Axinulus careyi'' Bernard, 1979 ** '' Axinulus eumyaria'' (M. Sars, 1870) ** '' Axinulus redondoensis'' (T. A. Burch, 1941) * '' Axinus'' J. Sowerby, 1821 * '' Channelaxinus'' Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2012 * '' Conchocele'' Gabb, 1866 **'' Conchocele bisecta'' ( Conrad, 1849) – giant cleft clam ** '' Conchocele disjuncta'' Gabb, 1866 * '' Genaxinus'' Iredale, 1930 ** '' Genaxinus cookianus'' Fleming, 1950 ** '' Genaxinus otagoensis'' ( Suter, 1913) * '' Leptaxinus'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Leptaxinus incrassatus'' (Jeffreys, 1876) ** '' Leptaxinus minutus'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 * '' Maorithyas'' Fleming, 1950 ** '' Maorithyas flemingi'' Powell, 1955 ** '' Maorithyas marama'' Fleming, 1950 * '' Mendicula'' Iredale, 1924 ** '' Mendicula ferruginosa'' (Forbes, 1844) * '' Ochetoctena'' P. G. Oliver, 2014 * '' Odontogena'' Cowan, 1964 * '' Parathyasira'' Iredale, 1930 * '' Philis'' Fischer, 1861 * '' Prothyasira'' Iredale, 1930 * '' Rhacothyas'' Åström & P. G. Oliver, 2017 *'' Spinaxinus'' Oliver & Holmes, 2006 **'' Spinaxinus emicatus'' Oliver, 2013 **'' Spinaxinus phrixicus'' Oliver, 2013 **'' Spinaxinus sentosus'' Oliver and Holmes, 2006 * ''

Thyasira ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 ext ...

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, 1818 **'' Thyasira alleni'' Carrozza, 1981 ** '' Thyasira barbarensis'' ( Dall, 1890) ** '' Thyasira brevis'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Thyasira croulinensis'' Jeffreys, 1874 ** '' Thyasira cycladia'' S. Wood, 1853 ** '' Thyasira cygnus'' Dall, 1916 – Swan cleft clam ** '' Thyasira elliptica'' Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Thyasira equalis'' (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898) ** '' Thyasira eumyaria'' M. Sars, 1870 ** '' Thyasira flexuosa'' ( Montagu, 1803) ** '' Thyasira gouldi'' ( Philippi, 1845) ** '' Thyasira grandis'' Verrill and Smith, 1885 ** '' Thyasira granulosa'' Monterosato, 1874 ** '' Thyasira incrassatus'' (Jeffreys, 1876) ** '' Thyasira obsoleta'' (Verrill and Bush, 1898) ** '' Thyasira ovoidea'' Dall, 1889 ** '' Thyasira peroniana peregrina'' Iredale, 1930 ** '' Thyasira peroniana waikanae'' Fleming, 1950 ** '' Thyasira plicata'' Verrill and Smith, 1885 ** '' Thyasira pygmaea'' Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Thyasira resupina neozelanica'' ( Iredale, 1930) ** '' Thyasira rotunda'' Jeffreys, 1881 ** '' Thyasira simplex'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Thyasira subovata'' Jeffreys, 1881 ** '' Thyasira subtrigona'' (Jeffreys, 1858) ** '' Thyasira succisa'' (Jeffreys, 1876) ** '' Thyasira tortuosa'' Jeffreys, 1881 ** '' Thyasira tricarinata'' Dall, 1916 ** '' Thyasira triseriata'' ** '' Thyasira trisinuata'' (

d'Orbigny Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthrop ...

, 1842) – Atlantic cleft clam * '' Tauraxinus'' Sacco, 1901 * '' Wallerconcha'' ** '' Wallerconcha sarae''

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Bivalve families Taxa named by William Healey Dall {{Bivalve-stub