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)
Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea. [1]
Genera, and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are:
Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.
Vesicomyidae est une famille de mollusques bivalves.
Selon ITIS:
Selon WRMS :
Vesicomyidae est une famille de mollusques bivalves.
Vesicomyidae zijn een familie van tweekleppigen uit de orde Venerida.
De volgende geslachten zijn bij de familie ingedeeld:
Vesicomyidae zijn een familie van tweekleppigen uit de orde Venerida.
囊螂科（学名：Vesicomyidae），又名杂色蛤科[2]，是双壳纲帘蛤目的一個科，生活於海洋裡，是同心蛤總科之下的一個分支[3]。
囊螂科的分佈範圍極之廣闊，從北緯77°到南緯70°、水深從100米到9050米的硫含量豐富海洋環境均見其踪影[3]。栖息在南沙群島水深2626米深海的南沙伴溢蛤（Laubiericoncha nanshaensis (Xu & Shen, 1991)）就是本科物種[4][5][6]。
本科大致可分為兩個亞科[3]：
以下為本科的屬：
