Glossidae
Appearance
Glossidae | |
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A view of the umbonal area of Glossus humanus, the oxheart clam | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Glossoidea |
Family: | Glossidae Gray, 1847 |
Genera | |
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Glossidae is a family of saltwater clams in the superfamily Glossoidea.[1][2]
Genera and species
[edit]Genera and species within the family Glossidae include:
- Glossocardia Stoliczka, 1870
- Glossocardia agassizii (Dall, 1889)
- Glossus
- Glossus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 – oxheart clam
- Meiocardia H. and A. Adams, 1857
- Meiocardia vulgaris (Reeve, 1845)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsukuma, A.; Habe, T. (1995). "Systematic revision of living species of Meiocardia, Glossidae and Glossocardia, Trapezidae (Bivalvia)". Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.
- ^ "Cretaceous Atlas of Ancient Life | Glossidae". www.cretaceousatlas.org. Retrieved 2022-12-01.