| Galeommatidae | |
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| Waldo paucitentaculatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Galeommatida |
| Superfamily: | Galeommatoidea |
| Family: | Galeommatidae Gray, 1840 |
| Genera | |
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Galeommatidae is a family of small and very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Galeommatida.
Genera and species within the family Galeommatidae include:
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as food sources.
Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.
Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.
Siphonaria is a genus of air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.
Anomalodesmata is an superorder of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. This grouping was formerly recognised as a taxonomic subclass. It is called a superorder in the current World Register of Marine Species, despite having no orders, to parallel it with sister taxon Imparidentia, which does have orders.
The Limidae or file shells are members of the only family of bivalve molluscs in the order Limida. The family includes 130 living species, assigned to 10 genera. Widely distributed in all seas from shallow to deep waters, the species are usually epifaunal or nestling, with many species building byssal nests for protection. The majority of species are capable of irregular swimming by waving their long mantle tentacles.
Limaria, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Solemyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine protobranch bivalve mollusks in the order Solemyida.
Lasaeidae is a family of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Galeommatida. These bivalves are sometimes called "kelly clams", because one of the genera in this family is Kellia.
Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.
Thyasiridae is a family of bivalve molluscs, including the cleft clams, in the order Lucinida.
Crassatellidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Carditida.
Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.
Corbula is a genus of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Corbulidae, the basket clams.
Brisaster latifrons is a species of sea urchins of the family Schizasteridae. Their armour is covered with spines. Brisaster latifrons was first scientifically described in 1898 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.
Waldo is a genus of small marine clams in the family Galeommatidae. It includes five species which are all obligate commensals of sea urchins. They are found in the southern Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans, with the exception of Waldo arthuri which is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Pelseneeria is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae. This genus was first described by R. Koehler and C. Vaney in 1908.
Euheterodonta is an subterclass of Mollusca in the class Bivalvia.
Waldo paucitentaculatus is a species of bivalve. The species was described in 2013. It is known from the southwestern Atlantic in the Argentinean waters. It has been found living on the sea urchin Abatus cavernosus.
Saccella is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Nuculanidae.
