Ungulinidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs in the order Venerida.
The members of this family are found in muddy sand or gravel at or below low tide mark. They have characteristically rounded shells with forward-facing umbones (projections). The valves are flattened and deeply etched with concentric rings. Each valve bears two cardinal and two plate-like lateral teeth. These molluscs do not have siphons but the extremely long foot makes a channel which is then lined with slime and serves for the intake and expulsion of water.[1]
The following genera are recognised in the family Ungulinidae:[2]
Ungulinidae est une famille de mollusques bivalves.
Selon World Register of Marine Species (1 juin 2016)[1] :
Ungulinidae est une famille de mollusques bivalves.
Ungulinidae zijn een familie van tweekleppigen uit de superorde Imparidentia.
Ungulinidae zijn een familie van tweekleppigen uit de superorde Imparidentia.
Ungulinidae é uma família de moluscos bivalves da ordem Veneroida.
蹄蛤科(学名:Ungulinidae),是软体动物门双壳纲帘蛤目之下的一個科。
本科物種常見於泥濘的沙地或砂礫,又或在低潮線以下生活。牠們有典型的圓形外殼,喙部腔(umbones)[3]朝前。兩瓣殼皆扁平,而且刻有深刻的同心環。[4]
ITIS所依據的1989年分類把蹄蛤科歸為滿月蛤總科,但根據Bieler, Carter & Coan在2010年提出的修訂分類,蹄蛤科獨立了出來成為蹄蛤總科的唯一成員[5]。
蹄蛤科所包含的屬如下[2]: