Lyonsiidae
Encyclopedia
Lyonsiidae is a family
of small saltwater clams, marine
bivalves of the Pholadomyoida
order
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of small saltwater clams, marine
Marine (ocean)
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bivalves of the Pholadomyoida
Pholadomyoida
Pholadomyoida is an order of bivalve molluscs. It is the sole member of the subclass Anomalosdesmata. Their shells are of equal size, as are the muscles that hold them closed, and the margins at the hinges are thickened...
order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
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Genera and species
- Entodesma Phillips, 1845
- Entodesma beana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- Entodesma navicula (A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
and ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1850) - Entodesma pictum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Entodesma saxicola (Baird, 1863)
- Lyonsia TurtonWilliam TurtonWilliam Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
, 1822- Lyonsia arenosa (Moller, 1842)
- Lyonsia argentea Jeffreys, 1881
- Lyonsia bracteata (GouldAugustus Addison GouldAugustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.-Biography:...
, 1850) - Lyonsia bulla Dall, 1881
- Lyonsia californica ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1837 - Lyonsia floridana ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1849 - Lyonsia formosa Jeffreys, 1881
- Lyonsia gouldii Dall, 1915
- Lyonsia granulifera A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Lyonsia hyalina ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1831 - Lyonsia lucasana Bartsch and Rehder, 1939
- Lyonsia magnifica Dall, 1913
- Lyonsia norvegica (J.F. GmelinJohann Friedrich GmelinJohann Friedrich Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.- Education :Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen...
, 1791) - Lyonsia pugetensis Dall, 1913
- Lyonsia striata (Montagu, 1815)
- Mytilimeria ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1837- Mytilimeria nuttalli ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1837 - bladderclam
- Mytilimeria nuttalli Conrad