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Vesicomyid clams are bivalve mollusks that are found in sulphide-rich reducing environments such as cold seeps at continental margins and hydrothermal vents along mid-ocean ridges, as well as in association with organic remains such as whale falls. Many (possibly all) vesicomyid species live in symbiosis with sulphur-oxidizing bacteria in their gills. These clams range in size from much less than a centimeter to more than 30 cm. Various species have been collected throughout the oceans at depths ranging from around 100 m to more than 9000 m. Krylova and Sahling have reviewed the taxonomy and distribution of the Vesicomyidae. (Krylova and Sahling 2010 and references therein)
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| Specimen Records: | 219 | Public Records: | 206 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 209 | Public Species: | 39 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 204 | Public BINs: | 38 |
| Species: | 41 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 40 | ||
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Vesicomyidae
Vesicomyidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the superfamily Glossoidea.
Genera and species
Genera, and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are:
- Adulomya Kuroda, 1931 (includes Ectenagena, may be synonym of Pleurophopsis)
- Adulomya elongata (Dall, 1916)
- Adulomya extenta (Krylova & Moskalev, 1996)
- Adulomya phaseoliformis (Métivier, Okutani & Ohta, 1986)
- Adulomya kaikoi (Okutani & Métivier, 1986)
- Adulomya uchimuraensis Kuroda, 1931 (fossil)
- Calyptogena Dall, 1891
- Laubiericoncha von Cosel & Olu, 2008
- Laubiericoncha angulata (Dall, 1896) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha chuni (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha myriamae von Cosel & Olu, 2008
- Laubiericoncha suavis (Dall, 1913) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha sp. 'Edison Seamount'
- Laubiericoncha sp. 'Gakkel Ridge'
- Vesicomya Dall, 1886
- Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Vesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969
- Vesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967
- Vesicomya cordata Boss, 1968
- Vesicomya gigas (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya leeana (Dall, 1889)
- Vesicomya lepta (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya ovalis (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya pilula (Dall, 1881)
- Vesicomya smithii Dall, 1889
- Vesicomya stearnsii (Dall, 1895)
- Vesicomya vesica (Dall, 1886)
- "Pleurophopsis" Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil, nomen dubium, sometimes included in Calyptogena)
- "Pleurophopsis" peruviana Olsson, 1931 (fossil)
- "Pleurophopsis" unioides Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil)
Further reading
- Krylova E. M. & Sahling H. (2010). "Vesicomyidae (Bivalvia): Current Taxonomy and Distribution". PLoS ONE 5(4): e9957. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009957
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