Sportellidae

Sportellidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Cyamioidea.

Sportellidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Superorder: Imparidentia
Superfamily: Cyamioidea
Family: Sportellidae
Dall, 1899
Genera

See text.

Sportellidae shells are of moderate size, equivalve and with an external ligament set on small nymphs. The hinge has one or two cardinal teeth and inconspicuous laterals.

Genera and species

  • Angusticardo Cossmann, 1887
  • Fabella Conrad, 1863
    • Fabella constricta (Conrad, 1841)
    • Fabella pilsbryi (Dall, 1899)
    • Fabella stearnsii (Dall, 1899)
  • Sportella Deshayes, 1858

References

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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.
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