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Sportellidae is a family

Family (biology)

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of marine

Marine (ocean)

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bivalve molluscs of the order

Order (biology)

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Veneroida

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Sportellidae shells are of moderate size, equivalve and with an external ligament set on small nymphs. The hinge has one or two cardinal teeth and inconspicuous laterals.

Genera and species

Anisodonta 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....

, 1858
- Anisodonta alata (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...
  
  , 1952)
- Anisodonta alata trigonia (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...
  
  , 1952)
- Anisodonta pseudoscintilla 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
- Anisodonta carolina 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
Basterotia Hoernes, 1859
- Basterotia corbuloidea 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
- Basterotia elliptica (Recluz, 1850)
- Basterotia 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...
  
  , 1903
- Basterotia hertleini Durham, 1950
- Basterotia peninsularis (Jordan, 1936)
- Basterotia quadrata (Hanley, 1843)
Benthoquetia 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...

, 1930
- Benthoquetia integra (Hedley, 1907)
Ensitellops Olsson and Harbison, 1953
- Ensitellops pilsbryi (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)
- Ensitellops protexta (Conrad, 1841)
- Ensitellops tabula Olsson and Harbison, 1953
Fabella Conrad, 1863
- Fabella pilsbryi (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)
Planktomya Simroth, 1896
- Planktomya henseni Simroth, 1896

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