Vesicomyidae

Vesicomyidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.

Genera and species

Genera, and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are:

• Adulomya Kuroda, 1931 (includes Ectenagena, may be synonym of Pleurophopsis)
  • Adulomya elongata (Dall, 1916)
  • Adulomya extenta (Krylova & Moskalev, 1996)
  • Adulomya phaseoliformis (Métivier, Okutani & Ohta, 1986)
  • Adulomya kaikoi (Okutani & Métivier, 1986)
  • Adulomya uchimuraensis Kuroda, 1931 (fossil)
• Calyptogena Dall, 1891
  • Calyptogena magnifica
  • Calyptogena pacifica Dall, 1891
• Laubiericoncha von Cosel & Olu, 2008
  • Laubiericoncha angulata (Dall, 1896) (formerly in Vesicomya)
  • Laubiericoncha chuni (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931) (formerly in Vesicomya)
  • Laubiericoncha myriamae von Cosel & Olu, 2008
  • Laubiericoncha suavis (Dall, 1913) (formerly in Vesicomya)
  • Laubiericoncha sp. 'Edison Seamount'
  • Laubiericoncha sp. 'Gakkel Ridge'
• Vesicomya Dall, 1886
  • Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Vesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969
  • Vesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967
  • Vesicomya cordata Boss, 1968
  • Vesicomya gigas (Dall, 1896)
  • Vesicomya leeana (Dall, 1889)
  • Vesicomya lepta (Dall, 1896)
  • Vesicomya ovalis (Dall, 1896)
  • Vesicomya pilula (Dall, 1881)
  • Vesicomya smithii Dall, 1889
  • Vesicomya stearnsii (Dall, 1895)
  • Vesicomya vesica (Dall, 1886)
• "Pleurophopsis" Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil, nomen dubium, sometimes included in Calyptogena)
  • "Pleurophopsis" peruviana Olsson, 1931 (fossil)
  • "Pleurophopsis" unioides Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil)

Further reading

• Krylova E. M. & Sahling H. (2010). "Vesicomyidae (Bivalvia): Current Taxonomy and Distribution". PLoS ONE 5(4): e9957. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009957