Thraciidae

Thraciidae is a taxonomic family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalves in the order Anomalodesmata.

Thraciidae
Thracia convexa Wood from Illustrated Index of British Shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subterclass: Heterodonta
Superorder: Anomalodesmata
Superfamily: Thracioidea
Family: Thraciidae
Stoliczka, 1870
Genera

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Selected genera and species

Genera and species within the family Thraciidae include:

  • Asthenothaerus Carpenter, 1864
    • Asthenothaerus diegensis (Dall, 1915)
    • Asthenothaerus hemphilli Dall, 1886
    • Asthenothaerus villosior Carpenter, 1864
  • Bushia Dall, 1886
    • Bushia elegans (Dall, 1886)
    • Bushia rushii (Pilsbry, 1897)
  • Cyathodonta Conrad, 1849
  • Lampeia MacGinitie, 1959
    • Lampeia adamsi (MacGinitie, 1959)
  • Parvithracia Finlay, 1927
    • Parvithracia cuneata Powell, 1937
    • Parvithracia suteri Finlay, 1927
  • Thracia Leach in Blainville, 1824

References
    • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
    • Sartori, A. F. ; Domaneschi, O., The functional morphology of the Antarctic bivalve Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885 (Anomalodesmata: Thraciidae), Journal of Molluscan Studies, v. 71, p. 199-210, 2005


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