Galeommatidae
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Galeommatidae is a family
of small and very small clams or bivalve molluscs in the order
Veneroida
. They are related to the zebra mussel
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of small and very small clams or bivalve molluscs in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Veneroida
Veneroida
The Veneroida or veneroids are an order of bivalve molluscs. They include some familiar forms such as saltwater clams and cockles, and a number of freshwater bivalves including zebra mussels....
. They are related to the zebra mussel
Zebra mussel
The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, is a small freshwater mussel. This species was originally native to the lakes of southeast Russia being first described in 1769 by a German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in the Ural, Volga and Dnieper rivers. They are still found nearby, as Pontic and Caspian...
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Genera and species
- Aclistothyra McGinty, 1955
- Aclistothyra atlantica McGinty, 1955
- Chlamydoconcha DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1884- Chlamydoconcha orcutti DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1884
- Chlamydoconcha orcutti Dall
- Divariscintilla PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1932- Divariscintilla cordiformis P. M. Mikkelsen and Bieler, 1992
- Divariscintilla luteocrinita P. M. Mikkelsen and Bieler, 1992
- Divariscintilla octotentaculata P. M. Mikkelsen and Bieler, 1992
- Divariscintilla troglodytes P. M. Mikkelsen and Bieler, 1989
- Divariscintilla yoyo P. M. Mikkelsen and Bieler, 1989
- GaleommaGaleommaGaleomma is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae....
Sowerby, 1825- Galeomma turtoni G. B. Sowerby, 1825
- Scintilla DeshayesGérard Paul DeshayesGérard Paul Deshayes was a French geologist and conchologist.He was born in Nancy, his father at that time being professor of experimental physics in the École Centrale of the Meurthe département....
, 1856- Scintilla stevensoni PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1932
- Scintilla stevensoni Powell
- Scintillona Finlay, 1926
- Scintillona bellerophon O'Foighil and Gibson, 1984 - sea-cucumber clam
- Scintillona benthicola DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956 - Scintillona zelandica (OdhnerNils Hjalmar OdhnerNils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. During his lifetime he was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...
, 1924)
- Vasconiella DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1899- Vasconiella maoria PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1932
- Vasconiella maoria Powell