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Veneridae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 81439

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2006   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumLophozoa   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassHeterodonta Neumayr, 1884  
                      OrderVeneroida H. Adams and A. Adams, 1856  
                         SuperfamilyVeneroidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                            FamilyVeneridae Rafinesque, 1815  
    Direct Children:  
                               Genus Agriopoma Dall, 1902  
                               Genus Amiantis Carpenter, 1884  
                               Genus Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817  
                               Genus Callista Poli, 1791  
                               Genus Chamelea Morch, 1853  
                               Genus Chione Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811  
                               Genus Chionista Keen, 1958  
                               Genus Circomphalus Klein, 1853  
                               Genus Clausinella J. E. Gray, 1851  
                               Genus Compsomyax Stewart, 1930  
                               Genus Cyclinella Dall, 1902  
                               Genus Dosinia Scopoli, 1777  
                               Genus Gafrarium Roding, 1798  
                               Genus Gemma Deshayes, 1853  
                               Genus Globivenus Coen, 1934  
                               Genus Gouldia C. B. Adams, 1847  
                               Genus Humilaria Grant and Gale, 1931  
                               Genus Irus Schmidt, 1818  
                               Genus Irusella Hertlein and Grant, 1972  
                               Genus Liocyma Dall, 1870  
                               Genus Lirophora Conrad, 1883  
                               Genus Macrocallista Meek, 1876  
                               Genus Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817  
                               Genus Nutricola Bernard, 1982  
                               Genus Parastarte Conrad, 1862  
                               Genus Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914  
                               Genus Pitar Römer, 1857  
                               Genus Protothaca Dall, 1902  
                               Genus Puberella Fischer-Piette and Vukadinovic, 1977  
                               Genus Saxidomus Conrad, 1837  
                               Genus Tapes Muhlfeld, 1811  
                               Genus Timoclea Brown, 1827  
                               Genus Tivela Link, 1807  
                               Genus Transennella Dall, 1883  
                               Genus Venerupis Lamarck, 1818  
                               Genus Venus Linnaeus, 1758  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Paul V. Scott  
  Notes: Senior Associate Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, USA   
  Reference for: Veneridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Veneridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Coan, Eugene V., Paul Valentich Scott, and Frank R. Bernard  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Bivalve Seashells of Western North America: Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs, Number 2; Studies in Biodiversity, Number 2   
  Page(s): viii + 764   
  Publisher: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Santa Barbara, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Veneridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Millard, V.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca   
  Page(s): 1-544   
  Publisher: Victor Millard   
  Publication Place: South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-620-21261-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Veneridae   
       
  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  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Veneridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A classification of the living Mollusca   
  Page(s): xii+195   
  Publisher: American Malacologists, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Melbourne, FL, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-915826-22-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Veneridae   
       

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