Lyonsiidae

Lyonsiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subterclass:	Heterodonta
Superorder:	Anomalodesmata
Superfamily:
Family:	Lyonsiidae; Fischer, 1887
Genera
	See text.

Lyonsiidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Anomalodesmata.

Description[]

Members of this family have inequivalve, oblong valves that are nearly equilateral. The right valve is more convex than the left, and there are usually no teeth. The ligament connecting the two valves is in an internal groove, and the hinge has a free ossicle.^[2]

Genera and species[]

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera and species in the family:^[1]

Dall, 1903
- (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931)
- (Jeffreys, 1882)
- (Dall, 1913)
Habe, 1952
- (Habe, 1952)
Phillips, 1845
- (d'Orbigny, 1853)
- (Gould, 1850)
- (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- (Gray, 1828)
- (Marincovich, 1973)
- Soot-Ryen, 1957
- (Dall, 1915)
- (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
- (A. Adams and Reeve, 1850)
- (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- (Baird, 1863)
- Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
- (Lamarck, 1818)
- Macsotay & Campos, 2001

Turton, 1822
- d'Orbigny, 1846
- Martens, 1885
- (Moller, 1842)
- Jeffreys, 1881
- (Gould, 1850)
- Conrad, 1837
- Ivanova in Scarlato, 1981
- Conrad, 1849
- A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Conrad, 1831
- Habe, 1952
- d'Orbigny, 1846
- (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
- Scarlato, 1981
- Dall, 1908
- Dunker, 1882
- (M. Sars, 1868)
- (Montagu, 1815)
- Lyonsia taiwanica Lan & Okutani, 2002
- Gould, 1861
- Scarlato, 1981

References[]

^ ^a ^b Gofas, Serge (2010). "Lyonsiidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
^ Gordon, W. J. Our Country's Shells: A Guide to the British Mollusca. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.

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[WoRMS-1] Gofas, Serge (2010). "Lyonsiidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

[2] Gordon, W. J. Our Country's Shells: A Guide to the British Mollusca. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.

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