Lasaeidae is a family of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Galeommatida. These bivalves are sometimes called "kelly clams", because one of the genera in this family is Kellia.
Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Lasaeidae include:
- Aligena <small>I. Lea, 1843</small>
- Aligena diegoana <small>Hertlein and Grant, 1972</small>
- Aligena elevata <small>(Stimpson, 1851)</small>
- Aligena texasiana <small>Harry, 1969</small>
- Arthritica <small>Finlay, 1927</small>
- Arthritica bifurca <small>(Webster, 1908)</small>
- Arthritica crassiformis <small>Powell, 1933</small>
- Arthritica hulmei <small>Ponder, 1965</small>
- Boreacola <small>Bernard, 1979</small>
- Boreacola dawsoni <small>(Jeffreys, 1864)</small>
- Boreacola vadosus <small>Bernard, 1979</small>
- Bornia <small>Philippi, 1836</small>
- Bornia longipes <small>(Stimpson, 1855)</small>
- Bornia sebetia <small>Costa, 1829</small>
- Borniola <small>Iredale, 1924</small>
- Borniola bidentifera <small>(Powell, 1933)</small>
- Borniola decapitata <small>(Powell, 1939)</small>
- Borniola neozelanica <small>Powell, 1937</small>
- Borniola powelli <small>Crozier, 1966</small>
- Borniola profunda <small>(Dell, 1952)</small>
- Borniola quadrata <small>(Dell, 1956)</small>
- Borniola reniformis <small>(Suter, 1908)</small>
- Borniola taieriensis <small>(Powell, 1939)</small>
- Borniopsis <small>Habe, 1959</small>
- Decipula <small>Jeffreys, 1881</small>
- Decipula tenella <small>(Loven, 1846)</small>
- Entovalva <small>Voeltzkow, 1890</small>
- Entovalva amboinensis <small> (Spärck, 1931)</small>
- Entovalva lessonothuriae <small> Kato, 1999</small>
- Entovalva mirabilis <small> Voeltzkow, 1890</small>
- Entovalva nhatrangensis <small> Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010</small>
- Entovalva perrieri <small>(Malard, 1903)</small>
- Erycina <small>Lamarck, 1805</small>
- Erycina balliana <small>Dall, 1916</small>
- Erycina coronata <small>Dall, 1916</small>
- Erycina emmonsi <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Erycina linella <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Erycina periscopiana <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Isorobitella <small>Keen, 1962</small>
- Isorobitella trigonalis <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>
- Kellia <small>Turton, 1822</small>
- Kellia cycladea <small>S. V. Wood, 1844</small>
- Kellia cycladiformis <small>Deshayes, 1834</small>
- Kellia minima <small>Ponder, 1971</small>
- Kellia suborbicularis <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small>
- Lasaea <small>T. Brown, 1827</small>
- Lasaea adansoni <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Lasaea cistula <small>Keen, 1938</small>
- Lasaea maoria <small>(Powell, 1933)</small>
- Lasaea parengaensis <small>Powell, 1935</small>
- Lasaea rubra <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small>
- Lasaea rubra hinemoa <small>Finlay, 1928</small>
- Lasaea rubra rossiana <small>Finlay, 1928</small>
- Lasaea subviridis <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Lepton <small>Turton, 1822</small>
- Lepton lacerum <small>(Jeffreys, 1872)</small>
- Lepton lepidum <small>Say, 1826</small>
- Lepton meroeum <small>Carpenter, 1864</small>
- Lepton nitidum
- Lepton squamosum <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small>
- Mancikellia <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Mancikellia pumila <small>(S. V. Wood, 1850)</small>
- Melliteryx <small>Iredale, 1924</small>
- Melliteryx parva <small>Deshayes, 1856</small>
- Montacuta <small>Turton, 1822</small>
- Montacuta dawsoni <small>Jeffreys, 1864</small>
- Montacuta donacina <small>(S. V. Wood, 1802)</small>
- Montacuta elevata
- Montacuta ferruginosa
- Montacuta limpida <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Montacuta minuscula <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Montacuta percompressa <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Montacuta planata
- Montacuta semiradiata neozelanica <small>(Dell, 1956)</small>
- Montacuta substriata <small>(Montagu, 1808)</small>
- Montacuta voringi <small>Friele, 1877</small>
- Myllita <small>d'Orbigny and Récluz, 1850</small>
- Myllita stowei <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
- Myllitella <small>Finlay, 1927</small>
- Myllitella vivens vivens <small>Finlay, 1927</small>
- Myllitella vivens pinguis <small>Marwick, 1928</small>
- Mysella <small>Angas, 1877</small>
- Mysella aleutica <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Mysella alpha <small>Powell, 1937</small>
- Mysella aupouria <small>Powell, 1937</small>
- Mysella beringensis <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- Mysella beta <small>Powell, 1937</small>
- Mysella bidentata
- Mysella casta <small>(A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)</small>
- Mysella charcoti <small>(Lamy, 1906)</small>
- Mysella compressa <small>(Dall, 1913)</small>
- Mysella dawsoni <small>(Jeffreys, 1864)</small>
- Mysella golischi <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- Mysella grebnitzkii <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- Mysella grippi <small>(Dall, 1912)</small>
- Mysella henryi <small>Fleming, 1948</small>
- Mysella hounselli <small>Powell, 1931</small>
- Mysella lachlani <small>Dell, 1952</small>
- Mysella larochei <small>Powell, 1940</small>
- Mysella macquariensis <small>(Hedley, 1916)</small>
- Mysella moelleri <small>(Mörch, 1875)</small>
- Mysella morioria <small>Dell, 1952</small>
- Mysella ovata <small>(Jeffreys, 1881)</small>
- Mysella pedroana <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Mysella planata <small>(Krause, 1885)</small>
- Mysella planulata <small>(Stimpson, 1851)</small>
- Mysella sovialiki
- Mysella striatula <small>A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898</small>
- Mysella tellinula <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small>
- Mysella triquetra <small>(A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)</small>
- Mysella tumida <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Mysella tumidula <small>(Jeffreys, 1866)</small>
- Mysella unidentata <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small>
- Neaeromya <small>Gabe, 1873</small>
- Neaeromya chacei <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- Neaeromya compressa <small>(Dall, 1899)</small>
- Neaeromya floridana <small>(Dall, 1899)</small>
- Neaeromya myaciformis <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- Neaeromya rugifera <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Neaeromya stearnsi <small>(Dall, 1899)</small>
- Odontogena <small>Cowan, 1964</small>
- Odontogena borealis <small>Cowan, 1964</small>
- Orobitella <small>Dall, 1900</small>
- Orobitella bakeri <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- Orobitella californica <small>(Dall, 1899)</small>
- Orobitella floridana <small>(Dall, 1899)</small>
- Orobitella limpida <small>(Dall, 1899)</small>
- Parabornia <small>Boss, 1965</small>
- Parabornia squillina <small>Boss, 1965</small>
- Planktomya <small>Simroth, 1896</small>
- Planktomya henseni <small>Simroth, 1896</small>
- Platomysia <small>Habe, 1951</small>
- Platomysia rugata <small>Habe, 1951</small>
- Pristes <small>Carpenter, 1864</small>
- Pristes oblongus <small>Carpenter, 1864</small> â chiton clam
- Pseudopythina <small>P. Fischer, 1884</small>
- Pythinella <small>Dall, 1899</small>
- Pythinella cuneata <small>(A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)</small>
- Rhamphidonta <small>Bernard, 1975</small>
- Rhamphidonta retifera <small>(Dall, 1899)</small> â netted kellyclam
- Rochefortia <small>Velain, 1878</small>
- Rochefortia compressa <small>Dall, 1913</small>
- Rochefortia grippi <small>Dall, 1912</small>
- Rochefortia tumida <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Semierycina <small>Monterosato, 1911</small>
- Semierycina nitida <small>(Turton, 1822)</small>
- Semierycina tenera <small>(Jeffreys, 1881)</small>
- Tellimya <small>Brown, 1827</small>
- Tellimya ferruginosa <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small>
- Tellimya phascolionis <small>(Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1925)</small>
- Tellimya vitrea aupouria <small>Ponder, 1968</small>
- Tomburchus <small>W. H. Harry, 1969</small>
- Tomburchus redondoensis <small>(Burch, 1941)</small>
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
- J. Lützen, B. Berland & G.A.Bristow, Morphology of an endosymbiotic bivalve, Entovalva nhatrangensis (Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010) (Galeommatoidea); Molluscan Research 31(2): 114âÂÂ124 ; ISSN 1323-5818