Vesicomyidae

Updated on Dec 13, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Order Veneroida		Superfamily Glossoidea Rank Family Subclass Heterodonta

Similar Calyptogena magnifica, Thyasiridae, Lucinidae, Bathymodiolus, Thyasira

Vesicomyidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.

Genera and species

Genera, and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are:

Adulomya Kuroda, 1931 (includes Ectenagena, may be 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 (fossil)

Calyptogena Dall, 1891

Calyptogena magnifica

Calyptogena pacifica Dall, 1891

Laubiericoncha von Cosel & Olu, 2008

Laubiericoncha angulata (Dall, 1896) (formerly in Vesicomya)

Laubiericoncha chuni (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931) (formerly in Vesicomya)

Laubiericoncha myriamae von Cosel & Olu, 2008

Laubiericoncha suavis (Dall, 1913) (formerly in Vesicomya)

Laubiericoncha sp. 'Edison Seamount'

Laubiericoncha sp. 'Gakkel Ridge'

Vesicomya Dall, 1886

Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Vesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969

Vesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967

Vesicomya cordata Boss, 1968

Vesicomya gigas (Dall, 1896)

Vesicomya leeana (Dall, 1889)

Vesicomya lepta (Dall, 1896)

Vesicomya ovalis (Dall, 1896)

Vesicomya pilula (Dall, 1881)

Vesicomya smithii Dall, 1889

Vesicomya stearnsii (Dall, 1895)

Vesicomya vesica (Dall, 1886)

"Pleurophopsis" Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil, nomen dubium, sometimes included in Calyptogena)

"Pleurophopsis" peruviana Olsson, 1931 (fossil)

"Pleurophopsis" unioides Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil)

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