Psammobiidae

Psammobiidae
Fossilized shell fragments of Psammobia fervensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Cardiida
Superfamily:	Tellinoidea
Family:	Psammobiidae Fleming, 1828
Genera
See text.
Synonyms
Asaphidae Garidae Sanguinolariidae

The Psammobiidae, or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida.

These genera are accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species:

• Asaphis Modeer, 1793
• Gari Schumacher, 1817
• Heterodonax Mörch, 1853
• Heteroglypta Martens in Möbius, 1880
• Nuttallia Dall, 1900
• Psammosphaerica Jousseaume, 1894
• Psammotella Herrmannsen, 1852
• Sanguinolaria Lamarck, 1799
• Soletellina Blainville, 1824

External links

• ITIS
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
• Photographs of Psammobiidae specimens in the collection of Natural History Museum, Rotterdam. [1]