Ungulinidae
Encyclopedia
Ungulinidae is a family
of marine bivalve molluscs.
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 marine bivalve molluscs.
Characteristics
The members of this family are found in muddy sand or gravel at or below low tide mark. They have characteristically rounded shells with forward-facing umbones (projections). The valves are flattened and deeply etched with concentric rings. Each valve bears two cardinal and two plate-like lateral teeth. These molluscs do not have siphons but the extremely long foot makes a channel which is then lined with slime and serves for the intake and expulsion of water.Genera and species
- Diplodonta Bronn, 1831
- Diplodonta aleutica DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1901 - Diplodonta candeana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- Diplodonta cornea (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1850) - Diplodonta discrepans (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip 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) - Diplodonta globusDiplodonta globusDiplodonta globus is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1927) - Diplodonta impolita S. S. Berry, 1953
- Diplodonta inezensis (HertleinLeo George HertleinLeo 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 Strong, 1947) - Diplodonta lupina Brocchi, 1814
- Diplodonta notata Dall and Simpson, 1901
- Diplodonta nucleiformis Wagner, 1838
- Diplodonta obliqua PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1846 - Diplodonta orbella (GouldAugustus Addison GouldAugustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.-Biography:...
, 1851) - Diplodonta punctataDiplodonta punctataDiplodonta punctata, or the Atlantic diplodon, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Bermuda....
(SayThomas SayThomas 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...
, 1822) — Atlantic diplodon - Diplodonta rotundata
- Diplodonta semiasperaDiplodonta semiasperaDiplodonta semiaspera, or the pimpled diplodon, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae. It can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies....
PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1836 — pimpled diplodon - Diplodonta sericata (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1850) - Diplodonta soror C. B. Adams, 1852
- Diplodonta striatula (FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1927) - Diplodonta subglobosa C. B. Adams, 1852
- Diplodonta torrelli Jeffreys, 1976
- Diplodonta venezuelensis Dunker, 1848
- Diplodonta verrilliDiplodonta verrilliDiplodonta verrilli, or Verrill's diplodon, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to North Carolina....
DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1900 — Verrill's diplodon
- Diplodonta aleutica Dall
- Felaniella DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1899- Felaniella cornea (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1850) - Felaniella gericata (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1850) - Felaniella parilis (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1848) - Felaniella rakiuraFelaniella rakiuraFelaniella rakiura is a species of small marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(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...
, 1939) - Felaniella sericata (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1850) - Felaniella usta (GouldAugustus Addison GouldAugustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.-Biography:...
, 1861) - Felaniella vilardeboana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Felaniella zelandicaFelaniella zelandicaFelaniella zelandica is a species of medium-sized marine bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Gray, 1835)
- Felaniella cornea (Reeve
- Phlyctiderma
- Phlyctiderma notata (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
and Simpson, 1901) - Phlyctiderma phoebe (Berry, 1960)
- Phlyctiderma semiaspera (PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1836)
- Phlyctiderma notata (Dall
- Ungulina
- Ungulina cuneata (SpenglerLorenz SpenglerLorenz Spengler was a Swiss-born Danish turner and naturalist.He arrived at Copenhagen in 1743. He was a tutor to Christian VI of Denmark and later Frederick V of Denmark in the art of turning. From 1771 he was head of the Royal Art Chamber , a position he held until his death in...
, 1782)
- Ungulina cuneata (Spengler