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Vesicomyidae
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Vesicomyidae
Vesicomya galatheae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Superorder: Imparidentia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Glossoidea
Family: Vesicomyidae
Dall & Simpson, 1901

Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.[1]

Genera and species

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

Subfamily Pliocardiinae Woodring, 1925
Subfamily Vesicomyinae Dall & Simpson, 1901
Synonyms
  • Adulomya Kuroda, 1931 (includes Ectenagenasynonym 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 : synonym of † Pleurophopsis uchimuraensis (Kuroda, 1931) (original combination)
  • Akebiconcha Kuroda, 1943: synonym of Archivesica Dall, 1908
  • Laubiericoncha Cosel & Olu, 2008: synonym of Archivesica Dall, 1908
  • Pleurophoropsis Cossmann, 1920: synonym of Pleurophopsis van Winkle, 1919 (unjustified emendation of Pleurophopsis)

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