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Mesodesmatidae
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| Mesodesmatidae | |
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| Atactodea striata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
| Family: | Mesodesmatidae Gray, 1839 |
| Genera | |
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Mesodesmatidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.[1]
Genera
[edit]- Amarilladesma M. Huber, 2010
- Anapella Dall, 1895
- Atactodea Dall, 1895
- Coecella Gray, 1853
- Davila Gray, 1853
- Donacilla Philippi, 1836
- Mesodesma Deshayes, 1832
- Monterosatus : synonym of Planktomya Simroth, 1896
- Paphies Lesson, 1830
- Regterenia Rooij-Schuiling, 1972
- Soleilletia Bourguignat, 1885
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Mesodesmatidae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=232 on 2020-05-30
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- "Mesodesmatidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- "MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Mesodesmatidae J. E. Gray, 1840". www.marbef.org. Retrieved 2025-04-14.