Lasaeidae | |
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A group of shells of Kellia suborbicularis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Galeommatida |
Superfamily: | Galeommatoidea |
Family: | Lasaeidae Gray, 1847 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
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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 .
Genera and species within the family Lasaeidae include:
The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.
Nucula is a genus of very small saltwater clams. They are part of the family Nuculidae.
Limatula, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Caecum is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod micromolluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae or blind shells.
Solariella is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.
Astartidae is a family of bivalves related in the order Carditida.
Galeommatidae is a family of small and very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Galeommatida.
Thyasiridae is a family of bivalve molluscs, including the cleft clams, in the order Lucinida.
Philine is a genus of sea slugs or sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Philininae of the family Philinidae, the headshield slugs or paper bubbles.
Oenopota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Melanella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Onoba is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
Opalia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.
Turbonilla is a large genus of ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Aclis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Cuspidaria is a genus of bivalves in the family Cuspidariidae.
Lasaea is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Lasaeidae.
Pseudopythina is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Lasaeidae.