Thraciidae

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Thraciidae
Thracia convexa (Sowerby).jpg
Thracia convexa Wood from Illustrated Index of British Shells
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Anomalodesmata
Superfamily:
Family: Thraciidae
Stoliczka, 1870
Genera

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

Selected genera and species[]

Genera and species within the family Thraciidae include:

  • Carpenter, 1864
    • (Dall, 1915)
    • Dall, 1886
    • Carpenter, 1864
  • Bushia Dall, 1886
    • (Dall, 1886)
    • (, 1897)
  • Cyathodonta Conrad, 1849
  • MacGinitie, 1959
    • (MacGinitie, 1959)
  • Finlay, 1927
    • Powell, 1937
    • 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
  • , 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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