Overview
The Veneroida or veneroids are an order of bivalve molluscs. This is a large order of bivalves and includes many familiar forms such as saltwater clams and cockles, and a number of freshwater bivalves including zebra mussels.
Veneroids are generally thick-valved, equal valved, and isomyarian (that is, their adductor muscles are of equal size). Three main hinge teeth are characteristic of the subclass Heterodonta to which this order belongs. Many species are active rather than sessile. However they tend to be filter feeders, feeding through paired siphons, with a characteristic folded gill structure adapted to that way of life.
In 2010 a new proposed classification system for the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the order Veneroida.[1]
Order: Veneroida< /b>
- Superfamily:
Arcticoidea
- Family: Arcticidae
- Family: Trapezidae
- Superfamily: Corbiculoidea
- Family: Corbiculidae
- Superfamily: Cyamioidea
- Family: Cyamiidae
- Family: Neoleptonidae
- Family: Sportellidae
- Superfamily: Glossoidea
- Family: Glossidae
- Superfamily: Tridacnoidea
- Family: Tridacnidae
- Superfamily: Cardioidea
- Family: Cardiidae
- Superfamily: Chamoidea
- Family: Chamidae
- Superfamily: Galeommatoidea
- Family: Galeommatidae
- Family: Kellidae
- Family: Lasaeidae
- Family: Leptonidae
- Family: Montacutidae
- Superfamily: Mactroidea
- Family: Cardiliidae
- Family: Mactridae
- Family: Mesodesmatidae
- Superfamily: Tellinoidea
- Family: Donacidae
- Family: Pharidae
- Family: Psammobiidae
- Family: Semelidae
- Family: Tellinidae
- Family: Solecurtidae
- Superfamily: Ungulinoidea
- Family: Ungulinidae
- Superfamily: Cyrenoididae
- Family: Cyrenoididae
- Superfamily: Veneroidea
- Family: Petricolidae
- Family: Turtoniidae
- Family: Veneridae
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In 2010 a new proposed classification system fo r the Bivalvia was published in by Bieler, Carter & Coan revising the classification of the Bivalvia, including the order Veneroida.[1]
Order: Veneroida
- Superfamily: Arcticoidea
- Family: Arcticidae
- Family: Trapezidae
- Superfamily: Corbiculoidea
- Family: Corbiculidae
- Superfamily: Cyamioidea
- Family: Cyamiidae
- Family: Neoleptonidae
- Family: Sportellidae
- Superfamily: Glossoidea
- Family: Glossidae
- Superfamily: Tridacnoidea
- Family: Tridacnidae
- Superfamily: Cardioidea
- Family: Cardiidae
- Superfamily: Chamoidea
- Family: Chamidae
- Superfamily: Galeommatoidea
- Family: Galeommatidae
- Family: Kellidae
- Family: Lasaeidae
- Family: Leptonidae
- Family: Montacutidae
- Superfamily: Mactroidea
- Family: Cardiliidae
- Family: Mactridae
- Family: Mesodesmatidae
- Superfamily: Tellinoidea
- Family: Donacidae
- Family: Pharidae
- Family: Psammobiidae
- Family: Semelidae
- Family: Tellinidae
- Family: Solecurtidae
- Superfamily: Ungulinoidea
- Family: Ungulinidae
- Superfamily: Cyrenoididae
- Family: Cyrenoididae
- Superfamily: Veneroidea
- Family: Petricolidae
- Family: Turtoniidae
- Family: Veneridae
External links
References
- ^ 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
Taxonomy
The Order Veneroida is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (57): Anatinellidae · Arcticidae · Astartidae · Babinkidae · Cardiidae · Cardiliidae · Cardiniidae · Carditidae · Ceratomyopsidae · Chamidae · Chlamydoconchidae · Condylocardiidae · Cooperellidae · Corbiculidae · Crassatellidae · Cultellidae · Cyamiidae · Cyrenoididae · Donacidae · Dreissenidae · Erycinidae · Gaimardiidae · Galatheavalvidae · Galeommatidae · Glauconomidae · Glossidae · Hemidonacidae · Icanotiidae · Kelliellidae · Kelliidae · Lahillidae · Lasaeidae · Leptonidae · Mactridae · Mactromyidae · Mesodesmatidae · Montacutidae · Neoleptonidae · Petricolidae · Pharidae · Pisidiidae · Psammobiidae · Quenstedtiidae · Semelidae · Solecurtidae · Solenidae · Sowerbyidae · Sphaeriidae · Sportellidae · Tancrediidae · Tellinidae · Trapezidae · Trapeziidae · Tridacnidae · Turtoniidae · Veneridae · Vesicomyidae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6,926 species and subspecies in the Order Veneroida.
Families
Anatinellidae
Arcticidae
Arcticidae is a family of bivalve molluscs in the order Veneroida. [more]
Astartidae
Astartidae is a family of bivalves related to the family or venus clams. [more]
Babinkidae
Cardiidae
Cockle is the common name for a group of (mostly) small, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae. [more]
Cardiliidae
Cardiniidae
Carditidae
Carditidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order . [more]
Ceratomyopsidae
Chamidae
Chamidae (or jewel boxes) is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida. [more]
Chlamydoconchidae
Condylocardiidae
Condylocardiidae is a family of small marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida. [more]
Cooperellidae
Corbiculidae
The Corbiculidae, common name "basket clams", are a family of aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Veneroida. [more]
Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. [more]
Cultellidae
Cyamiidae
Cyamiidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida. [more]
Cyrenoididae
Cyrenoididae is a family of bivalves. [more]
Donacidae
Donacidae, the bean clams or wedge shells, is a family of bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. The family is related to the Tellins. [more]
Dreissenidae
The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks. They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface using a byssus. [more]
Erycinidae
Gaimardiidae
Galatheavalvidae
Galeommatidae
Galeommatidae is a family of small and very small clams or bivalve molluscs in the order Veneroida. They are related to the zebra mussels. [more]
Glauconomidae
Glossidae
Glossidae is a family of Bivalves. [more]
Hemidonacidae
Icanotiidae
Kelliellidae
Kelliidae
Lahillidae
Lasaeidae
Lasaeidae is a family of bivalve molluscs, related to the Zebra mussels. They are commonly called kellyclams. [more]
Leptonidae
Mactridae
Mactridae, also known as trough shells or duck clams, is a family of marine clams of the order Veneroida. [more]
Mactromyidae
Mesodesmatidae
Mesodesmatidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida. [more]
Montacutidae
Neoleptonidae
Neoleptonidae is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida. [more]
Petricolidae
The Petricolidae is a family of bivalves related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams. Some authors include these genera within the Veneridae as the subfamily Petricolinae. [more]
Pharidae
Pharidae is a family of bivalve molluscs, and is in the unassigned . This family of clams related to the razor shells (Solenidae), a family which includes Pharidae by some authorities. [more]
Pisidiidae
Pisidiidae is a family of clams. [more]
Psammobiidae
Psammobiidae or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. [more]
Quenstedtiidae
Semelidae
The Semelidae are a family of clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. [more]
Solecurtidae
Solecurtidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Veneroida. [more]
Solenidae
Solenidae is a family of saltwater clams known as razor shells, marine bivalve mollusks and is in the unassigned . [more]
Sowerbyidae
Sphaeriidae
The Sphaeriidae are a family of small to minute freshwater bivalve molluscs, in the order Veneroida. In the USA they are commonly known as the pea clams and the fingernail clams. [more]
Sportellidae
Sportellidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. [more]
Tancrediidae
Tellinidae
Tellinidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. They live fairly deep in soft sediments in shallow seas and respire using long siphons that reach up to the surface of the sediment. [more]
Trapezidae
Trapeziidae
Trapeziidae is a family of crabs. All the species in the family are found in a close symbiosis with cnidarians. They are found across the Indo-Pacific, and can best be identified to the species level by the color patterns they display. Members of the family were previously included in the Trapeziidae, but the similarities between the taxa is the result of convergent evolution. [more]
Tridacnidae
The Tridacninae are a subfamily of Bivalves colloquially known as giant clams. The family contains the biggest bivalve species, including Tridacna gigas, the giant clam. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4?6 folds. Mantle is usually brightly colored. They inhabit coral reefs in warm seas of the Indo-Pacific region. In some areas, such as the Philippines, members of the family are farmed for the marine aquarium trade. Most of them live in symbiosis with photosynthetic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae). [more]
Turtoniidae
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, common name the Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. There are over 500 living species of venerid bivalves, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as a food source. [more]
Vesicomyidae
Vesicomyidae is a family of bivalves. Its genera, with some selected species, are: [more]
At least 41 species and subspecies belong to the Family Vesicomyidae.
More info about the Family Vesicomyidae may be found here.
References
- ^ 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
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