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Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815

243  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243)

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  1. Subfamily Callocardiinae Dall, 1895
    1. Genus Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864
    2. Genus Callista Poli, 1791
    3. Genus Costellipitar Habe, 1951
    4. Genus Hyphantosoma Dall, 1902
    5. Genus Hysteroconcha Dall, 1902
    6. Genus Lioconcha Mörch, 1853
    7. Genus Macrocallista Meek, 1876
    8. Genus Pelecyora Dall, 1902
    9. Genus Pitar Römer, 1857
    10. Genus Transennella Dall, 1884
  2. Subfamily Clementiinae Frizzell, 1936
    1. Genus Clementia J. E. Gray, 1842
    2. Genus Kyrina Jousseaume, 1894
  3. Subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes, 1853
    1. Genus Dosinia Scopoli, 1777
  4. Subfamily Gouldiinae R. B. Stewart, 1930
    1. Genus Circe Schumacher, 1817
    2. Genus Circenita Jousseaume, 1888
    3. Genus Comus L. R. Cox, 1930
    4. Genus Dorisca Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
    5. Genus Gafrarium Röding, 1798
    6. Genus Gouldia C. B. Adams, 1847
    7. Genus Redicirce Iredale, 1936
  5. Subfamily Meretricinae Gray, 1847
    1. Genus Gomphina Mörch, 1853
    2. Genus Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
    3. Genus Tivela Link, 1807
    4. Genus Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera] and Cytherea Röding, 1798)
    5. Genus Gomphinella Marwick, 1927 accepted as Gomphina Mörch, 1853
  6. Subfamily Petricolinae d'Orbigny, 1840
    1. Genus Choristodon Jonas, 1844
    2. Genus Lajonkairia Deshayes, 1855
    3. Genus Mysia Lamarck, 1818
    4. Genus Petricola Lamarck, 1801
    5. Genus Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870
    6. Genus Lajonkairea Jukes-Browne, 1910 accepted as Lajonkairia Deshayes, 1855 (Unjustified emendation for Lajonkairia.)
    7. Genus Naranio Gray, 1853 accepted as Petricola Lamarck, 1801 (synonym)
  7. Subfamily Samarangiinae Keen, 1969
    1. Genus Samarangia Dall, 1902
  8. Subfamily Sunettinae Stoliczka, 1870
    1. Genus Sunetta Link, 1807
  9. Subfamily Tapetinae J. E. Gray, 1851
    1. Genus Eumarcia Iredale, 1924
    2. Genus Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818
    3. Genus Marcia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
    4. Genus Paphia Röding, 1798
    5. Genus Paratapes Stoliczka, 1870
    6. Genus Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900
    7. Genus Protapes Dall, 1902
    8. Genus Ruditapes Chiamenti, 1900
    9. Genus Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
    10. Genus Venerupis Lamarck, 1818
    11. Genus Notirus Finlay, 1928 accepted as Irus (Notirus) Finlay, 1928 represented as Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818
  10. Subfamily Venerinae Rafinesque, 1815
    1. Genus Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817
    2. Genus Antigona Schumacher, 1817
    3. Genus Chamelea Mörch, 1853
    4. Genus Chione Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
    5. Genus Circomphalus Mörch, 1853
    6. Genus Clausinella J. E. Gray, 1851
    7. Genus Globivenus Coen, 1934
    8. Genus Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817
    9. Genus Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914
    10. Genus Placamen Iredale, 1925
    11. Genus Timoclea T. Brown, 1827
    12. Genus Venus Linnaeus, 1758
  11. Genus Anaitis Römer, 1857 accepted as Placamen Iredale, 1925 (invalid: junior homonym of Anaitis Duponchel, 1829 [Lepidoptera])
  12. Genus Artemis Conrad, 1831 accepted as Dosinia Scopoli, 1777 (invalid: junior homonym of Artemis Kirby & Spence, 1828 [Lepidoptera])
  13. Genus Chione J. E. Gray, 1838 accepted as Callista Poli, 1791 (Invalid: junior homonym of Chione Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 [Bivalvia])
  14. Genus Crista Römer, 1857 accepted as Gafrarium Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  15. Genus Cryptogramma Mörch, 1853 accepted as Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817
  16. Genus Cytherea Röding, 1798 accepted as Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera])
  17. Genus Dione J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Hysteroconcha Dall, 1902 (invalid: junior homonym of Dione Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera]; Hysteroconcha is a replacement name)
  18. Genus Lepidocardia Dall, 1902 accepted as Callista Poli, 1791
  19. Genus Pitaria Dall, 1902 accepted as Pitar Römer, 1857 (unjustified emendation of Pitar)
  20. Subfamily Pitarinae R. B. Stewart, 1930 accepted as Callocardiinae Dall, 1895
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Rafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. <em>[Book].</em> 1-224, (self-published) Palermo., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 146 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243 on 2024-03-19
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243 on 2024-03-19
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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. <em>[Book].</em> 1-224, (self-published) Palermo., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 146 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]   

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Chen, J.; Li, Q.; Kong, L.; Zheng, X. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of venus clams (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae) with emphasis on the systematic position of taxa along the coast of mainland China. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 40(3): 260-271. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (2010). Needles and pins: acicular crystalline periostracal calcification in venerid bivalves (Bivalvia: Veneridae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 76(2): 157-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyp054 [details]   

additional source Kappner, I.; Bieler, R. (2006). Phylogeny of venus clams (Bivalvia: Venerinae) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 40(2): 317-331., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.006 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]   

additional source Jukes-Brown A.D. 1914. A synopsis of the family Veneridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 11(1): 58-74; 11(2): 75-94, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96204 [details]   

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]   
 
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