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Veneridae
Venus verrucosa
Venus verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Rafinesque, 1815
Genera

See text. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 Bivalves are Molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. They have two-part shells and typically both valves are symmetrical along the hinge line Heterodonta is a Mollusc subclass in the class Bivalvia and contains the orders † Cycloconchidae, † Hippuritoida (rudists † Lyrodesmatidae The Veneroida or veneroids are an order of Bivalve Molluscs They include some familiar forms such as saltwater Clams and Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe ( October 22 1783 - September 18 1840) was a nineteenth-century A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic

The Veneridae or venerids, also known as venus clams, are a large family of marine bivalve molluscs. Bivalves are Molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. They have two-part shells and typically both valves are symmetrical along the hinge line Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000

Many of the most important edible species of Veneridae are commonly known simply as clams, and they make up a significant part of the world fishery of edible bivalves. Clam is a word which can be used for all some or only a few Species of Bivalve Mollusks the word is a Common name which has Venerids include some well known species such as the hard clam or quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria. The hard clam ( Mercenaria mercenaria) or quahog, is an edible Marine Bivalve Mollusc which is native to the

There are over 500 living species of venerid. Their classification has been controversial at least since the 1930s. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The most used classification is that of Keen (1969) which recognises 12 subfamilies, listed below. Some common species have been moved between genera (including genera in different subfamilies) because of repeated attempts to bring a more valid organization to the classification or taxonomy of the family, therefore changes in the generic name of species are frequently encountered. Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification The word comes from the Greek, taxis (meaning 'order' 'arrangement' and, nomos

The characters used for classifying this group still tend to be superficial and to focus on external features, especially those of the shell, so further reclassification is to be expected as current research in molecular systematics bears fruit.

Contents

Subfamilies according to Keen (1969)

List of genera

(may be incomplete)

References

External links


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