Selected genera and species

• Aligena I. Lea, 1843
  • Aligena diegoana Hertlein
    Leo George Hertlein
    Leo George Hertlein was an American paleontologist and malacologist who studied the Recent and fossil mollusks of the eastern Pacific Ocean.Hertlein was born on a farm in Pratt County, Kansas...
    
     and Grant
    Ulysses S. Grant IV
    Ulysses S. Grant IV , was the son of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. and the grandson of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant. He was an American geologist and paleontologist known for his work on the fossil mollusks of the California Pacific Coast...
    
    , 1972
  • Aligena elevata (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Aligena texasiana Harry, 1969
• Arthritica Finlay, 1927
  • Arthritica bifurca (Webster, 1908)
  • Arthritica crassiformis
    Arthritica crassiformis
    Arthritica crassiformis is a species of small marine bivalve mollusc in the family Lasaeidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
    
    Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1933
  • Arthritica hulmei Ponder
    Winston Ponder
    Winston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
    
    , 1965
• Boreacola Bernard, 1979
  • Boreacola dawsoni (Jeffreys, 1864)
  • Boreacola vadosus Bernard, 1979
• Bornia Philippi
  Rodolfo Amando Philippi
  Rodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
  
  , 1836
  • Bornia longipes (Stimpson, 1855)
  • Bornia sebetia Costa, 1829
• Borniola Iredale
  Tom Iredale
  Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
  
  , 1924
  • Borniola bidentifera (Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1933)
  • Borniola decapitata (Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1939)
  • Borniola neozelanica Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1937
  • Borniola powelli Crozier, 1966
  • Borniola profunda (Dell
    Richard Dell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1952)
  • Borniola quadrata (Dell
    Richard Dell
    Dr 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)
  • Borniola reniformis (Suter
    Henry Suter
    Henry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
    
    , 1908)
  • Borniola taieriensis (Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1939)
• Cymatioa Berry, 1964
  • Cymatioa electilis (S. S. Berry, 1963) - wavy-edged kellyclam
• Decipula Jeffreys, 1881
  • Decipula tenella (Loven, 1846)
• Entovalva Voeltzkow, 1890
  • Entovalva perrieri (Malard, 1903)
• Erycina Lamarck, 1805
  • Erycina balliana Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1916
  • Erycina coronata Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1916
  • Erycina emmonsi Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
  • Erycina linella Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
  • Erycina periscopiana Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
• Isorobitella Keen, 1962
  • Isorobitella trigonalis (Carpenter
    Phillip Pearsall Carpenter
    Philip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
    
    , 1857)
• Kellia Turton
  William Turton
  William Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
  
  , 1822
  • Kellia cycladea S. V. Wood, 1844
  • Kellia cycladiformis Deshayes
    Gérard Paul Deshayes
    Gérard 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....
    
    , 1834
  • Kellia minima Ponder
    Winston Ponder
    Winston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
    
    , 1971
  • Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)
• Lasaea T. Brown, 1827
  • Lasaea adansoni (Gmelin
    Johann Friedrich Gmelin
    Johann Friedrich Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.- Education :Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen...
    
    , 1791)
  • Lasaea cistula Keen, 1938
  • Lasaea maoria (Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1933)
  • Lasaea parengaensis Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1935
  • Lasaea rubra (Montagu, 1803)
  • Lasaea rubra hinemoa Finlay, 1928
  • Lasaea rubra rossiana Finlay, 1928
  • Lasaea subviridis Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
• Lepton Turton
  William Turton
  William Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
  
  , 1822
  • Lepton lacerum (Jeffreys, 1872)
  • Lepton lepidum Say
    Thomas Say
    Thomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
    
    , 1826
  • Lepton meroeum Carpenter
    Phillip Pearsall Carpenter
    Philip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
    
    , 1864
  • Lepton nitidum
  • Lepton squamosum (Montagu, 1803)
• Mancikellia Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
  , 1899
  • Mancikellia pumila (S. V. Wood, 1850)
• Melliteryx Iredale
  Tom Iredale
  Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
  
  , 1924
  • Melliteryx parva Deshayes
    Gérard Paul Deshayes
    Gérard 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
• Montacuta Turton
  William Turton
  William Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
  
  , 1822
  • Montacuta dawsoni Jeffreys, 1864
  • Montacuta donacina (S. V. Wood, 1802)
  • Montacuta elevata
  • Montacuta ferruginosa
  • Montacuta limpida Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
  • Montacuta minuscula Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
  • Montacuta percompressa Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
  • Montacuta planata
  • Montacuta semiradiata neozelanica (Dell
    Richard Dell
    Dr 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)
  • Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808)
  • Montacuta voringi Friele, 1877
• Myllita d'Orbigny and Récluz, 1850
  • Myllita stowei (Hutton
    Frederick Wollaston Hutton
    Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
    
    , 1873)
• Myllitella Finlay, 1927
  • Myllitella vivens vivens Finlay, 1927
  • Myllitella vivens pinguis Marwick
    John Marwick
    John Marwick MM was a New Zealand palaeontologist and geologist.John Marwick was born near Oamaru, New Zealand, on 3 February 1891, the son of Hugh Marwick, and his wife, Jane née Cuthbert. While at Waitaki Boys' High School he helped to collect fossil shells and learned the beginnings of how to...
    
    , 1928
• Mysella Angas
  George French Angas
  George French Angas , was an English explorer, naturalist and painter.He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the eldest son of George Fife Angas, prominent in the establishment of the new colony of South Australia. Despite showing remarkable talent in drawing, he was placed in a London...
  
  , 1877
  • Mysella aleutica Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
  • Mysella alpha Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1937
  • Mysella aupouria Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1937
  • Mysella beringensis (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1916)
  • Mysella beta Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1937
  • Mysella bidentata
  • Mysella casta (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
  • Mysella charcoti (Lamy, 1906)
  • Mysella compressa (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1913)
  • Mysella dawsoni (Jeffreys, 1864)
  • Mysella golischi (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1916)
  • Mysella grebnitzkii (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1916)
  • Mysella grippi (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1912)
  • Mysella henryi Fleming, 1948
  • Mysella hounselli Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1931
  • Mysella lachlani Dell
    Richard Dell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1952
  • Mysella larochei Powell
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1940
  • Mysella macquariensis (Hedley, 1916)
  • Mysella moelleri (Mörch
    Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch
    Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch was a biologist, specifically a malacologist. He lived in Sweden, in Denmark, and in France.- Taxa described :Bibliography and taxa described by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch include:...
    
    , 1875)
  • Mysella morioria Dell
    Richard Dell
    Dr 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...
    
    , 1952
  • Mysella ovata (Jeffreys, 1881)
  • Mysella pedroana Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899
  • Mysella planata (Krause, 1885)
  • Mysella planulata (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Mysella sovialiki
  • Mysella striatula A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
  • Mysella tellinula (Odhner
    Nils Hjalmar Odhner
    Nils 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)
  • Mysella triquetra (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
  • Mysella tumida (Carpenter
    Phillip Pearsall Carpenter
    Philip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
    
    , 1864)
  • Mysella tumidula (Jeffreys, 1866)
  • Mysella unidentata (Odhner
    Nils Hjalmar Odhner
    Nils 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)
• Neaeromya Gabe, 1873
  • Neaeromya chacei (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1916)
  • Neaeromya compressa (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899)
  • Neaeromya floridana (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899)
  • Neaeromya myaciformis (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1916)
  • Neaeromya rugifera (Carpenter
    Phillip Pearsall Carpenter
    Philip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
    
    , 1864)
  • Neaeromya stearnsi (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899)
• Odontogena Cowan, 1964
  • Odontogena borealis Cowan, 1964
• Orobitella Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
  , 1900
  • Orobitella bakeri (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1916)
  • Orobitella californica (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899)
  • Orobitella floridana (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899)
  • Orobitella limpida (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899)
• Parabornia Boss, 1965
  • Parabornia squillina Boss, 1965
• Platomysia Habe, 1951
  • Platomysia rugata Habe, 1951
• Pristes Carpenter
  Phillip Pearsall Carpenter
  Philip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
  
  , 1864
  • Pristes oblongus Carpenter
    Phillip Pearsall Carpenter
    Philip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
    
    , 1864 - chiton clam
• Pseudopythina P. Fischer, 1884
  • Pseudopythina compressa
  • Pseudopythina macandrewi (P. Fischer, 1867)
  • Pseudopythina rugifera
• Pythinella Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
  , 1899
  • Pythinella cuneata (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
• Rhamphidonta Bernard, 1975
  • Rhamphidonta retifera (Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1899) - netted kellyclam
• Rochefortia Velain, 1878
  • Rochefortia compressa Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1913
  • Rochefortia grippi Dall
    W. H. Dall
    William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
    
    , 1912
  • Rochefortia tumida (Carpenter
    Phillip Pearsall Carpenter
    Philip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
    
    , 1864)
• Semierycina Monterosato, 1911
  • Semierycina nitida (Turton
    William Turton
    William Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
    
    , 1822)
  • Semierycina tenera (Jeffreys, 1881)
• Tellimya Brown, 1827
  • Tellimya ferruginosa
    Tellimya ferruginosa
    Tellimya ferruginosa is a species of small marine bivalve mollusc in the family Montacutidae. It is found on the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean....
    
    (Montagu, 1803)
  • Tellimya phascolionis (Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1925)
  • Tellimya vitrea aupouria Ponder
    Winston Ponder
    Winston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
    
    , 1968
• Tomburchus W. H. Harry, 1969
  • Tomburchus redondoensis (Burch, 1941)