WoRMS taxon details
Clementiinae Frizzell, 1936
510751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510751)
accepted
Subfamily
Clementia J. E. Gray, 1842 (type by original designation)
Clementiidae Frizzell, 1936 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Clementia J. E. Gray, 1842
- Genus Compsomyax R. B. Stewart, 1930
- Genus Egesta Conrad, 1845
- Genus Kyrina Jousseaume, 1894
- Genus Blainvillia Hupé, 1854 accepted as Clementia J. E. Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Invalid: junior homonym of Blainvillia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera])
- Genus Terentia Jukes-Browne, 1914 accepted as Kyrina Jousseaume, 1894 (synonym)
- Genus Velargilla Thiele, 1934 accepted as Kyrina Jousseaume, 1894 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Clementiidae Frizzell, 1936) Frizzell D.L. (1936). Classification of veneracean pelecypods. <em>Proceedings of the Geological Society of America (for 1935).</em> 415.
page(s): 415 [details]
page(s): 415 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Clementiinae Frizzell, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510751 on 2026-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clementiidae Frizzell, 1936) Frizzell D.L. (1936). Classification of veneracean pelecypods. <em>Proceedings of the Geological Society of America (for 1935).</em> 415.
page(s): 415 [details]
page(s): 415 [details]
Taxonomy
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]
status source Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201
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status source Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors
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