Thyasiridae is a

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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 ...

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 taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

, including the cleft clams, in the order

Lucinida Lucinida (formerly Lucinoida) is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Families In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification o ...

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'' (

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, 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 ''Thyasira gouldi'', common name the Northern hatchet-shell, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. This species has been fully protected since 1992 in the United Kingdom under the Wildlife and Co ...

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Thyasira grandis ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira ...

'' 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 ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira ...

'' 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 ''Thyasira trisinuata'', common name the "Atlantic cleft clam", is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. This species is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to ...

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, 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