Thyasiridae is a

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...

molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

, 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 t ...

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 zelayai'' Valentich-Scott, 2012 * ''

Ascetoaxinus ''Ascetoaxinus'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Thyasiridae. The shells of species in this genus have a lunule with a scalloped margin. The genus was first described in 2014 by Graham Oliver of the National ...

'' 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'' (

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, 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'' (

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, 1849) – giant cleft clam ** '' Conchocele disjuncta'' Gabb, 1866 * '' Genaxinus'' Iredale, 1930 ** '' Genaxinus cookianus'' Fleming, 1950 ** '' Genaxinus otagoensis'' (

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, 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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Thyasira alleni ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Carrozza, 1981 ** ''

Thyasira barbarensis ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

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, 1890) ** ''

Thyasira brevis ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** '' Thyasira croulinensis'' Jeffreys, 1874 ** ''

Thyasira cycladia ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' S. Wood, 1853 ** ''

Thyasira cygnus ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

, 1916 – Swan cleft clam ** ''

Thyasira elliptica ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** ''

Thyasira equalis ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898) ** '' Thyasira eumyaria'' M. Sars, 1870 ** '' Thyasira flexuosa'' ( Montagu, 1803) ** ''

Thyasira gouldi ''Thyasira gouldi'', common name the Northern hatchet-shell, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. This species has been fully protected since 1992 in the United Kingdom under the Wildlife and Count ...

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, 1845) ** '' Thyasira grandis'' Verrill and Smith, 1885 ** ''

Thyasira granulosa ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Monterosato, 1874 ** ''

Thyasira incrassatus ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' (Jeffreys, 1876) ** ''

Thyasira obsoleta ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' (Verrill and Bush, 1898) ** ''

Thyasira ovoidea ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

, 1889 ** ''

Thyasira peroniana peregrina ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Iredale, 1930 ** ''

Thyasira peroniana waikanae ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Fleming, 1950 ** '' Thyasira plicata'' Verrill and Smith, 1885 ** ''

Thyasira pygmaea ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** ''

Thyasira resupina neozelanica ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' ( Iredale, 1930) ** ''

Thyasira rotunda ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Jeffreys, 1881 ** ''

Thyasira simplex ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 ** ''

Thyasira subovata ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Jeffreys, 1881 ** ''

Thyasira subtrigona ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' (Jeffreys, 1858) ** ''

Thyasira succisa ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' (Jeffreys, 1876) ** ''

Thyasira tortuosa ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' Jeffreys, 1881 ** ''

Thyasira tricarinata ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

, 1916 ** ''

Thyasira triseriata ''Thyasira'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Thyasiridae. Species There are more than 50 species in the genus, including both extant (living) and extinct fossil species: * ''Thyasira gouldi'' * ''Thyasira s ...

'' ** ''

Thyasira trisinuata ''Thyasira trisinuata'', common name the "Atlantic cleft clam", is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. This species is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to the ...

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Wallerconcha sarae ''Wallerconcha sarae'' is an extinct species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. The species was discovered in 2014 by Paul Valentich-Scott of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and three scientists fr ...

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