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''Polymesoda'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
clam Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are deemed edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the sea floor or riverbeds. Clams h ...
s in the family
Cyrenidae Cyrenidae is a family of clams in the order Venerida.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238370 on 2015-08-2 ...
.Bouchet, P. and S. Gofas. (2014)
''Polymesoda'' Rafinesque, 1820.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
The genus was previously classified in the family
Corbiculidae Cyrenidae is a family of clams in the order Venerida Venerida (formerly Veneroida) is an order of mostly saltwater but also some freshwater bivalve molluscs. This order includes many familiar groups such as many clams that are valued for food ...
, before it was subsumed into Cyrenidae.


Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Polymesoda'': * '' Polymesoda aequilatera'' (Deshayes, 1855) * '' Polymesoda anomala'' (Deshayes, 1855) * '' Polymesoda arctata'' (Deshayes, 1855) * †'' Polymesoda borealis'' Kadolsky, 1995 * †'' Polymesoda bravoensis'' (Olsson, 1931) * '' Polymesoda caroliniana'' (Bosc, 1801) – Carolina marsh clam * †'' Polymesoda convexa'' (Brongniart, 1822) * †'' Polymesoda cordata'' (J. Morris, 1854) * †'' Polymesoda dejaeri'' Glibert & van de Poel, 1966 * †'' Polymesoda deperdita'' (Lamarck, 1806) * †'' Polymesoda distorta'' (Ludwig, 1865) * †'' Polymesoda donacina'' (F. Sandberger, 1861) * †'' Polymesoda dulwichiensis'' (Rickman, 1860) * '' Polymesoda exquisita'' (Prime, 1867) * '' Polymesoda floridana'' (Conrad, 1846) * '' Polymesoda fontainei'' (d'Orbigny, 1842) * '' Polymesoda fortis'' (Prime, 1861) * '' Polymesoda inflata'' (Philippi, 1851) * †'' Polymesoda laevis'' (Lamarck, 1805) * †'' Polymesoda langauensis'' Hölzl, 1957 * '' Polymesoda meridionalis'' (Prime, 1865) * †'' Polymesoda mermieri'' (Depéret, 1896) * '' Polymesoda mexicana'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) * †'' Polymesoda muravchiki'' Pérez, Genta Iturrería & Griffin, 2010 * '' Polymesoda neubaueri'' Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022 * '' Polymesoda notabilis'' (Deshayes, 1855) * †'' Polymesoda obovata'' (J. Sowerby, 1817) * '' Polymesoda obscura'' (Prime, 1860) * '' Polymesoda ordinaria'' (Prime, 1865) * †'' Polymesoda pireti'' (Cossmann, 1908) * '' Polymesoda placens'' (Hanley, 1845) * '' Polymesoda radiata'' (Hanley, 1845) * †'' Polymesoda salobris'' (Ihering, 1907) * †'' Polymesoda subarata'' (Schlotheim, 1820) * †'' Polymesoda tegalensis'' Oostingh, 1935 * †'' Polymesoda transcaucasica'' (Kvaliashvili, 1962) * '' Polymesoda triangula'' (Busch in Philippi, 1849) * '' Polymesoda tribunalis'' (Prime, 1870) * †'' Polymesoda trigalensis'' (Olsson, 1931) * †'' Polymesoda ulmensis'' (F. Sandberger, 1872) * †'' Polymesoda visenoviensis'' Kadolsky, 1989 ;Former species Many former species of the genus ''Polymesoda'' were transferred to the genus '' Geloina'', while others were synonymized or transferred to different genera. For a list of former species see List of former species in the genus ''Polymesoda''.


References

Cyrenidae Bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub