Veneridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Veneroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Heterodonta Ordo: Veneroida Superfamilia: Veneroidea

Familia: Veneridae
Subfamiliae: Chioninae – Petricolinae – Turtoniinae

Genera overview: Agriopoma – Ameghinomya – Amiantis – Anomalocardia – Anomalodiscus – Antigona – Aphrodora – Asaphinoides – †Atamarcia – Austrovenus – Bassina – Callista – Callithaca – Callocardia – Callpita – Chamelea – Chione – Chioneryx – Chionista – Chionopsis – Choristodon – Circe – Circenita – Circomphalus – Clausinella – Clementia – Compsomyax – Comus – Cooperella – Costellipitar – Cryptonema – Cyclina – Cyclinella – Dorisca – Dosina – Dosinia – Egesta – Eumarcia – Eurhomalea – Ezocallista – †Frigichione – Gafrarium – Gemma – Globivenus – Gomphina – Gomphinella – Gouldia – Gouldiopa – Granicorium – Gratelupia – †Hinemoana – Humilaria – Hyphantosoma – Hysteroconcha – Iliochione – Irus – Irusella – Jukesena – †Kaneharaia – Katelysia – †Katherinella – †Kuia – Kyrina – Laevicirce – Lajonkairia – Lamelliconcha – Lepidocardia – Leukoma – †Leukomoides – Lioconcha – Liocyma – Lirophora – Macridiscus – Macrocallista – †Marama – Marcia – †Marwickia – Megapitaria – Mercenaria – Meretrix – †Meroena – †Mesochione – Mysia – Notocallista – Nutricola – †Paleomarcia – Panchione – Paphia – Paphonotia – Parastarte – Paratapes – Parvicirce – Pelecyora – Periglypta – Petricola – Petricolaria – Pitar – Pitarenus – Placamen – Polititapes – Privigna – Protapes – Procallithaca – Protocallithaca – †Proxichione – †Pseudamiantis – Redicirce – †Rohea – Ruditapes – Samarangia – Puberella – †Pseudamiantis – Redicirce – †Rohea – Ruditapes – Samarangia – Saxidomus – †Securella – †Siratoria – Sunetta – Sunettina – Tapes – Tawera – Timoclea – Tivela – Transennella – Transenpitar – †Turia – Turtonia – Veneriglossa – Venerupis – Venus

Unaccepted names: Puberella

Name

Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815

References

Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page.
Arathi, A.R., Oliver, P.G., Ravinesh, R. & Biju Kumar, A. 2018. The Ashtamudi Lake short-neck clam: re-assigned to the genus Marcia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (Bivalvia, Veneridae). Zookeys, 799: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.799.25829 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Venusmuscheln
English: Venus clams
magyar: Vénuszkagyló
íslenska: Kaupmannsskel
Nederlands: Venusschelpen

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Veneridae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).