Crassatellidae Explained

Crassatellidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Carditida.

Genera and species

Genera and species in Crassatellidae include:

• † Anthonya Gabb, 1864
• Bathytormus Stewart, 1930
• Chattina M. Huber, 2010
• † Chattonia Marwick, 1929
• Crassasulca H. E. Vokes, 1988
• Crassatella Lamarck, 1799
  • Crassatella ponderosa Gmelin, 1791
• Crassatina Kobelt, 1881
• Crassinella Guppy, 1874
  • Crassinella dupliniana (Dall, 1903)
  • Crassinella lunulata (Conrad, 1834) – lunate crassinella
  • Crassinella martinicensis (d'Orbigny, 1842)
• Crenocrassatella Habe, 1951
• Elsius M. Huber, 2015
• Eucrassatella Iredale, 1924
  • Eucrassatella fluctuata (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Eucrassatella kingicola (Lamarck, 1805) – thickshell clam
• Fluctiger Iredale, 1924
• Hybolophus Stewart, 1930
• Indocrassatella Chavan, 1952
• Kalolophus DeVries, 2016
  • Kalolophus antillarum (Reeve, 1842)
  • Kalolophus chipolanus (Dall, 1903)
  • Kalolophus speciosus (A. Adams, 1854)
• Nipponocrassatella Kuroda & Habe, 1971
• Salaputium Iredale, 1924
• † Seendia R. Casey, 1961
• † Spissatella Finlay, 1926
• Talabrica Iredale, 1924
  • Talabrica bellula (A. Adams, 1854)
• † Tilicrassatella DeVries, 2016
• † Triplicitella K. S. Collins, Crampton & M. Hannah, 2015

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• 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. Malacologia. 52(2): 1–184.
• 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.