Thyasiridae is a

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bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

molluscs Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

, including the cleft clams, in the order

Lucinida Lucinida (formerly Lucinoida) is a taxonomic order of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Families In 2010, a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan, revising the classification of ...

Genera and species

* '' Adontorhina'' S. S. Berry, 1947 ** '' Adontorhina cyclia'' S. S. Berry, 1947 ** '' Adontorhina keegani'' Barry & McCormack, 2007 ** '' Adontorhina lynnae'' Valentich-Scott, 2000 ** '' Adontorhina pisum'' (Dall, 1908) ** '' Adontorhina similis'' Barry & McCormack, 2007 ** '' Adontorhina sphaericosa'' Scott, 1986 ** '' Adontorhina transversa'' (Payne & Allen, 1991) ** '' Adontorhina zelayai'' Valentich-Scott, 2012 * ''

Ascetoaxinus ''Ascetoaxinus'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family (biology), family Thyasiridae. The shells of species in this genus have a Lunule (bivalve), lunule with a scalloped margin. The genus was first described in 20 ...

'' P. G. Oliver & Frey, 2014 * '' 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'' (

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, 1864) ** '' Axinopsida viridis'' ( Dall, 1901) * '' Axinulus'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Axinulus careyi'' Bernard, 1979 ** '' Axinulus eumyaria'' (M. Sars, 1870) ** '' Axinulus redondoensis'' (T. A. Burch, 1941) * '' Axinus'' J. Sowerby, 1821 * '' Channelaxinus'' Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2012 * '' Conchocele'' Gabb, 1866 **'' Conchocele bisecta'' ( Conrad, 1849) – giant cleft clam ** '' Conchocele disjuncta'' Gabb, 1866 * '' Genaxinus'' Iredale, 1930 ** '' Genaxinus cookianus'' Fleming, 1950 ** '' Genaxinus otagoensis'' ( Suter, 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'' Powell, 1955 ** '' Maorithyas marama'' Fleming, 1950 * '' Mendicula'' Iredale, 1924 ** '' Mendicula ferruginosa'' (Forbes, 1844) * '' Ochetoctena'' P. G. Oliver, 2014 * '' Odontogena'' Cowan, 1964 * '' Parathyasira'' Iredale, 1930 * '' Philis'' Fischer, 1861 * '' Prothyasira'' Iredale, 1930 * '' Rhacothyas'' Åström & P. G. Oliver, 2017 *'' Spinaxinus'' Oliver & Holmes, 2006 **'' Spinaxinus emicatus'' Oliver, 2013 **'' Spinaxinus phrixicus'' Oliver, 2013 **'' Spinaxinus sentosus'' Oliver and Holmes, 2006 * '' Thyasira''

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, 1818 **'' Thyasira alleni'' Carrozza, 1981 ** '' Thyasira barbarensis'' ( Dall, 1890) ** '' Thyasira brevis'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Thyasira croulinensis'' Jeffreys, 1874 ** '' Thyasira cycladia'' S. Wood, 1853 ** '' Thyasira cygnus'' Dall, 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 gouldi'' (

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, 1845) ** '' Thyasira grandis'' Verrill and Smith, 1885 ** '' Thyasira granulosa'' Monterosato, 1874 ** '' Thyasira incrassatus'' (Jeffreys, 1876) ** '' Thyasira obsoleta'' (Verrill and Bush, 1898) ** '' Thyasira ovoidea'' Dall, 1889 ** '' Thyasira peroniana peregrina'' Iredale, 1930 ** '' Thyasira peroniana waikanae'' Fleming, 1950 ** '' Thyasira plicata'' Verrill and Smith, 1885 ** '' Thyasira pygmaea'' Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Thyasira resupina neozelanica'' ( Iredale, 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'' Dall, 1916 ** '' Thyasira triseriata'' ** '' Thyasira trisinuata'' (

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, 1842) – Atlantic cleft clam * '' Tauraxinus'' Sacco, 1901 * '' Wallerconcha'' ** '' Wallerconcha sarae''

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Bivalve families Taxa named by William Healey Dall {{Bivalve-stub