Thyasiridae
Encyclopedia
Thyasiridae is a family
of bivalve molluscs, including the cleft clams.
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 bivalve molluscs, including the cleft clams.
Genera and species
- Adontorhina S. S. Berry, 1947
- Adontorhina cyclia S. S. Berry, 1947
- Adontorhina similis Barry & McCormack, 2007
- Adontorhina sphaericosa Scott, 1986
- Axinodon A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Axinodon redondoensis (T. A. Burch, 1941)
- Axinodon symmetros (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Axinopsida Keen and Chavan, 1951
- Axinopsida cordata (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
- Axinopsida orbiculata (G. O. Sars, 1878)
- Axinopsida serricata (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1864) - Axinopsida viridis (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1901)
- Axinulus A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Axinulus careyi Bernard, 1979
- Axinulus eumyaria (M. Sars, 1870)
- Axinulus redondoensis (T. A. Burch, 1941)
- Conchocele Gabb, 1866
- Conchocele bisecta (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1849) — giant cleft clam - Conchocele disjuncta Gabb, 1866
- Conchocele bisecta (Conrad
- Genaxinus IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1930- Genaxinus cookianus Fleming, 1950
- Genaxinus otagoensis (SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1913)
- Leptaxinus A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Leptaxinus incrassatus (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Leptaxinus minutus A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Maorithyas Fleming, 1950
- Maorithyas flemingi PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1955 - Maorithyas marama Fleming, 1950
- Maorithyas flemingi Powell
- Mendicula IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1924- Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844)
- Thyasira Lamarck, 1818
- Thyasira alleni Carrozza, 1981
- Thyasira barbarensis (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1890) - Thyasira brevis A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Thyasira croulinensis Jeffreys, 1874
- Thyasira cycladia S. Wood, 1853
- Thyasira cygnus DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1916 — Swan cleft clam - Thyasira elliptica Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Thyasira equalis (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
- Thyasira eumyaria M. Sars, 1870
- Thyasira flexuosa (Montagu, 1803)
- Thyasira gouldii (PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1845) - Thyasira grandis Verrill and Smith, 1885
- Thyasira granulosa Monterosato, 1874
- Thyasira incrassatus (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Thyasira obsoleta (Verrill and Bush, 1898)
- Thyasira ovoidea DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1889 - Thyasira peroniana peregrina IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1930 - Thyasira peroniana waikanae Fleming, 1950
- Thyasira plicata Verrill and Smith, 1885
- Thyasira pygmaea Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Thyasira resupina neozelanica (IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1930) - Thyasira rotunda Jeffreys, 1881
- Thyasira simplex A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
- Thyasira subovata Jeffreys, 1881
- Thyasira subtrigona (Jeffreys, 1858)
- Thyasira succisa (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Thyasira tortuosa Jeffreys, 1881
- Thyasira tricarinata DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1916 - Thyasira triseriata
- Thyasira trisinuataThyasira trisinuataThyasira trisinuata, or the Atlantic cleft clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to the West Indies....
(d'Orbigny, 1842) — Atlantic cleft clam