Lasaeidae Gray 1842

Lasaeidae is a family of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Galeommatida. These bivalves are sometimes called "kelly clams", because one of the genera in this family is Kellia.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Lasaeidae include:

• Aligena I. Lea, 1843
  • Aligena diegoana Hertlein and Grant, 1972
  • Aligena elevata (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Aligena texasiana Harry, 1969
• Arthritica Finlay, 1927
  • Arthritica bifurca (Webster, 1908)
  • Arthritica crassiformis Powell, 1933
  • Arthritica hulmei Ponder, 1965
• Boreacola Bernard, 1979
  • Boreacola dawsoni (Jeffreys, 1864)
  • Boreacola vadosus Bernard, 1979
• Bornia Philippi, 1836
  • Bornia longipes (Stimpson, 1855)
  • Bornia sebetia Costa, 1829
• Borniola Iredale, 1924
  • Borniola bidentifera (Powell, 1933)
  • Borniola decapitata (Powell, 1939)
  • Borniola neozelanica Powell, 1937
  • Borniola powelli Crozier, 1966
  • Borniola profunda (Dell, 1952)
  • Borniola quadrata (Dell, 1956)
  • Borniola reniformis (Suter, 1908)
  • Borniola taieriensis (Powell, 1939)
• Borniopsis Habe, 1959
• Decipula Jeffreys, 1881
  • Decipula tenella (Loven, 1846)
• Entovalva Voeltzkow, 1890
  • Entovalva amboinensis (Spärck, 1931)
  • Entovalva lessonothuriae Kato, 1999
  • Entovalva mirabilis Voeltzkow, 1890
  • Entovalva nhatrangensis Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010
  • Entovalva perrieri (Malard, 1903)
• Erycina Lamarck, 1805
  • Erycina balliana Dall, 1916
  • Erycina coronata Dall, 1916
  • Erycina emmonsi Dall, 1899
  • Erycina linella Dall, 1899
  • Erycina periscopiana Dall, 1899
• Isorobitella Keen, 1962
  • Isorobitella trigonalis (Carpenter, 1857)
• Kellia Turton, 1822
  • Kellia cycladea S. V. Wood, 1844
  • Kellia cycladiformis Deshayes, 1834
  • Kellia minima Ponder, 1971
  • Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)
• Lasaea T. Brown, 1827
  • Lasaea adansoni (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Lasaea cistula Keen, 1938
  • Lasaea maoria (Powell, 1933)
  • Lasaea parengaensis Powell, 1935
  • Lasaea rubra (Montagu, 1803)
  • Lasaea rubra hinemoa Finlay, 1928
  • Lasaea rubra rossiana Finlay, 1928
  • Lasaea subviridis Dall, 1899
• Lepton Turton, 1822
  • Lepton lacerum (Jeffreys, 1872)
  • Lepton lepidum Say, 1826
  • Lepton meroeum Carpenter, 1864
  • Lepton nitidum
  • Lepton squamosum (Montagu, 1803)
• Mancikellia Dall, 1899
  • Mancikellia pumila (S. V. Wood, 1850)
• Melliteryx Iredale, 1924
  • Melliteryx parva Deshayes, 1856
• Montacuta Turton, 1822
  • Montacuta dawsoni Jeffreys, 1864
  • Montacuta donacina (S. V. Wood, 1802)
  • Montacuta elevata
  • Montacuta ferruginosa
  • Montacuta limpida Dall, 1899
  • Montacuta minuscula Dall, 1899
  • Montacuta percompressa Dall, 1899
  • Montacuta planata
  • Montacuta semiradiata neozelanica (Dell, 1956)
  • Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808)
  • Montacuta voringi Friele, 1877
• Myllita d'Orbigny and Récluz, 1850
  • Myllita stowei (Hutton, 1873)
• Myllitella Finlay, 1927
  • Myllitella vivens vivens Finlay, 1927
  • Myllitella vivens pinguis Marwick, 1928
• Mysella Angas, 1877
  • Mysella aleutica Dall, 1899
  • Mysella alpha Powell, 1937
  • Mysella aupouria Powell, 1937
  • Mysella beringensis (Dall, 1916)
  • Mysella beta Powell, 1937
  • Mysella bidentata
  • Mysella casta (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
  • Mysella charcoti (Lamy, 1906)
  • Mysella compressa (Dall, 1913)
  • Mysella dawsoni (Jeffreys, 1864)
  • Mysella golischi (Dall, 1916)
  • Mysella grebnitzkii (Dall, 1916)
  • Mysella grippi (Dall, 1912)
  • Mysella henryi Fleming, 1948
  • Mysella hounselli Powell, 1931
  • Mysella lachlani Dell, 1952
  • Mysella larochei Powell, 1940
  • Mysella macquariensis (Hedley, 1916)
  • Mysella moelleri (Mörch, 1875)
  • Mysella morioria Dell, 1952
  • Mysella ovata (Jeffreys, 1881)
  • Mysella pedroana Dall, 1899
  • Mysella planata (Krause, 1885)
  • Mysella planulata (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Mysella sovialiki
  • Mysella striatula A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
  • Mysella tellinula (Odhner, 1924)
  • Mysella triquetra (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
  • Mysella tumida (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Mysella tumidula (Jeffreys, 1866)
  • Mysella unidentata (Odhner, 1924)
• Neaeromya Gabe, 1873
  • Neaeromya chacei (Dall, 1916)
  • Neaeromya compressa (Dall, 1899)
  • Neaeromya floridana (Dall, 1899)
  • Neaeromya myaciformis (Dall, 1916)
  • Neaeromya rugifera (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Neaeromya stearnsi (Dall, 1899)
• Odontogena Cowan, 1964
  • Odontogena borealis Cowan, 1964
• Orobitella Dall, 1900
  • Orobitella bakeri (Dall, 1916)
  • Orobitella californica (Dall, 1899)
  • Orobitella floridana (Dall, 1899)
  • Orobitella limpida (Dall, 1899)
• Parabornia Boss, 1965
  • Parabornia squillina Boss, 1965
• Planktomya Simroth, 1896
  • Planktomya henseni Simroth, 1896
• Platomysia Habe, 1951
  • Platomysia rugata Habe, 1951
• Pristes Carpenter, 1864
  • Pristes oblongus Carpenter, 1864 – chiton clam
• Pseudopythina P. Fischer, 1884
• Pythinella Dall, 1899
  • Pythinella cuneata (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
• Rhamphidonta Bernard, 1975
  • Rhamphidonta retifera (Dall, 1899) – netted kellyclam
• Rochefortia Velain, 1878
  • Rochefortia compressa Dall, 1913
  • Rochefortia grippi Dall, 1912
  • Rochefortia tumida (Carpenter, 1864)
• Semierycina Monterosato, 1911
  • Semierycina nitida (Turton, 1822)
  • Semierycina tenera (Jeffreys, 1881)
• Tellimya Brown, 1827
  • Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1803)
  • Tellimya phascolionis (Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1925)
  • Tellimya vitrea aupouria Ponder, 1968
• Tomburchus W. H. Harry, 1969
  • Tomburchus redondoensis (Burch, 1941)

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• J. Lützen, B. Berland & G.A.Bristow, Morphology of an endosymbiotic bivalve, Entovalva nhatrangensis (Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010) (Galeommatoidea); Molluscan Research 31(2): 114–124 ; ISSN 1323-5818