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Philobryidae is a family

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 bivalves, related to the ark clam

Ark clam

Ark clam is the common name for a family of small to large-sized saltwater clams or marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae. Ark clams vary both in shape and size. They number about 200 species worldwide....

s and bittersweet

Glycymerididae

Glycymerididae, previously known as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of marine bivalve mollusks, related to the ark clams. In this family the shell is generally round in outline, is slightly longer than it is wide, and the external ligament lacks...

s. Species are found in most seas

Seas

Seas may mean:*The plural of "sea"*Shipboard Environmental Acquisition System: a program developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea through the use of satellite data transmission...

, in shallow to moderately deep water. This family contains about sixty species in seven genera.

Species

Aupouria
Adacnarca Pelseneer
Paul Pelseneer
Jean Paul Louis Pelseneer was a Belgian malacologist, morphologist, ethologist and phylogenist....

, 1903
- Adacnarca limopsoides Thiele
  Johannes Thiele
  Johannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
  
  , 1912
- Adacnarca nitens Pelseneer
  Paul Pelseneer
  Jean Paul Louis Pelseneer was a Belgian malacologist, morphologist, ethologist and phylogenist....
  
  , 1903
Cosa Finlay, 1927
- Cosa auriculata
- Cosa bordaensis
- Cosa brasiliensis Klappenbach, 1966
- Cosa caribaea Abbott, 1958
- Cosa celsa
- Cosa costata
- Cosa crebreradiata
- Cosa filholi
- Cosa fimbriata
- Cosa parallelogramma
- Cosa pectinata
- Cosa pharetra
- Cosa sagana
- Cosa scabra
- Cosa stephensensis
- Cosa tardiradiata
- Cosa tatei
- Cosa tholiatus
- Cosa waikikia
Cratis
- Cratis antillensis (Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
  , 1881)
- Cratis pentodon (Aguayo & Borro, 1946)
Lissarca Smith, 1879
- Lissarca miliaris Philippi
  Rodolfo Amando Philippi
  Rodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
  
  , 1845
- Lissarca notorcadensis Melvill & Standen, 1907
- Lissarca rubrofusca E. A. Smith, 1877
Philobrya Carpenter, 1872
- Philobrya acutangula 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
- Philobrya atlantica Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
  , 1896
- Philobrya australis
- Philobrya barbarta Thiele
  Johannes Thiele
  Johannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...
  
  , 1912
- Philobrya brattstromi
- Philobrya capillata 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...
  
  , 1964
- Philobrya crenatulifera
- Philobrya crispa Linse, 2002
- Philobrya dentimargo
- Philobrya hamiltoni (Hedley, 1916)
- Philobrya inconspicua Olsson & McGinty, 1958
- Philobrya inornata
- Philobrya laevis
- Philobrya limoides
- Philobrya meleagrina
  Philobrya meleagrina
  Philobrya meleagrina is a small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Philobryidae.-Distribution:This species is endemic to New Zealand, found around Stewart Island, The Snares, the Chatham Islands, and the southern part of the South Island.-Habitat:This species is found at depths...
  
  (Bernard, 1896)
- Philobrya meridionalis (Smith, 1885)
- Philobrya modiolus (Suter
  Henry Suter
  Henry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
  
  , 1913)
- Philobrya munita (Finlay, 1930)
- Philobrya obesa 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...
  
  , 1958
- Philobrya olstadi (Soot-Ryen, 1951)
- Philobrya pileata
- Philobrya pinctada (Finlay, 1930)
- Philobrya quadrata Pfeiffer, 1886
- Philobrya recapitula
- Philobrya scabra
- Philobrya sculpturalis (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
- Philobrya setosa
- Philobrya squamea
- Philobrya sublaevis Pelseneer
  Paul Pelseneer
  Jean Paul Louis Pelseneer was a Belgian malacologist, morphologist, ethologist and phylogenist....
  
  , 1903
- Philobrya tumidula
- Philobrya ungulata Pfeiffer, 1886
- Philobrya wandelensis Lamy, 1906
Verticipronus Hedley, 1904
- Verticipronus mytilus Hedley, 1904

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