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Vesicomya  Dall, 1886
Taxonomic Serial No.: 81367

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Archivesia Dall, 1908
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderVenerida   
                            SuperfamilyKellielloidea   
                               FamilyVesicomyidae Dall and Simpson, 1901  
                                  GenusVesicomya Dall, 1886  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya angulata (Dall, 1896)  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885)  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya cordata Boss, 1968  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya gigas (Dall, 1896)  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya leeana (Dall, 1889)  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya lepta (Dall, 1896)  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya ovalis (Dall, 1896)  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya pilula (Dall, 1881)  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya smithii Dall, 1889  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya stearnsii (Dall, 1895)  
                                     SpeciesVesicomya vesica (Dall, 1886) – fat vesicomya 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Vesicomya   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Vesicomya   
       

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