Thraciidae

Thraciidae
Thracia convexa Wood from Illustrated Index of British Shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Superorder:	Anomalodesmata
Superfamily:	Thracioidea
Family:	Thraciidae Stoliczka, 1870
Genera
See text

Thraciidae is a taxonomic family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalves in the order Anomalodesmata.

Selected genera and species

Genera and species within the family Thraciidae include:

• Asthenothaerus Carpenter, 1864
  • Asthenothaerus diegensis (Dall, 1915)
  • Asthenothaerus hemphilli Dall, 1886
  • Asthenothaerus villosior Carpenter, 1864
• Bushia Dall, 1886
  • Bushia elegans (Dall, 1886)
  • Bushia rushii (Pilsbry, 1897)
• Cyathodonta Conrad, 1849
• Lampeia MacGinitie, 1959
  • Lampeia adamsi (MacGinitie, 1959)
• Parvithracia Finlay, 1927
  • Parvithracia cuneata Powell, 1937
  • Parvithracia suteri Finlay, 1927
• Thracia Leach in Blainville, 1824

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Sartori, A. F. ; Domaneschi, O., The functional morphology of the Antarctic bivalve Thracia meridionalis Smith, 1885 (Anomalodesmata: Thraciidae), Journal of Molluscan Studies, v. 71, p. 199-210, 2005