Ungulinidae
Ungulinidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | Ungulinidae J. Fleming, 1828 |
Genera | |
See text. |
Ungulinidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs in the order Venerida.
Characteristics[]
The members of this family are found in muddy sand or gravel at or below low tide mark. They have characteristically rounded shells with forward-facing umbones (projections). The valves are flattened and deeply etched with concentric rings. Each valve bears two cardinal and two plate-like lateral teeth. These molluscs do not have siphons but the extremely long foot makes a channel which is then lined with slime and serves for the intake and expulsion of water.[1]
Genera and species[]
- Diplodonta Bronn, 1831
- Dall, 1901
- (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- (Reeve, 1850)
- (Carpenter, 1857)
- Diplodonta globus (Finlay, 1927)
- S. S. Berry, 1953
- (Hertlein and Strong, 1947)
- Brocchi, 1814
- Dall and Simpson, 1901
- Wagner, 1838
- Philippi, 1846
- (Gould, 1851)
- Diplodonta punctata (Say, 1822) — Atlantic diplodon
- Diplodonta semiaspera Philippi, 1836 — pimpled diplodon
- (Reeve, 1850)
- C. B. Adams, 1852
- (Finlay, 1927)
- C. B. Adams, 1852
- Jeffreys, 1976
- Dunker, 1848
- Diplodonta verrilli Dall, 1900 — Verrill's diplodon
- Felaniella Dall, 1899
- (Reeve, 1850)
- (Reeve, 1850)
- (Conrad, 1848)
- Felaniella rakiura (Powell, 1939)
- (Reeve, 1850)
- (Gould, 1861)
- (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Felaniella zelandica (Gray, 1835)
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- (Dall and Simpson, 1901)
- (Berry, 1960)
- (Philippi, 1836)
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- (Spengler, 1782)
References[]
- ^ Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 157. Collins, London
- DiscoverLife
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Categories:
- Ungulinidae
- Bivalve families