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Psammobiidae

Synonyms: Azoridae; Garidae; Sanguinolariidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Psammobiidae or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida. These genera are accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species: \n* Asaphis Modeer, 1793 \n* Gari Schumacher, 1817 \n* Heterodonax Mörch, 1853 \n* Heteroglypta Martens in Möbius, 1880 \n* Nuttallia Dall, 1900 \n* Psammosphaerica Jousseaume, 1894 \n* Psammotella Herrmannsen, 1852 \n* Sanguinolaria Lamarck, 1799 \n* Soletellina de Blainville, 1824
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Genus

Asaphinella (4)
Asaphis (Gaudy asaphis) (5)
Gari (California sunset clam) (90)
Garum (1)
Heterodonax (False coquina) (4)
Heteroglypta (1)
Hiatula (24)
Macropsammus (1)
Macrosolen (1)
Nuttallia (11)
Plebidonax (1)
Psammosphaerica (1)
Psammotella (2)
Sanguinolaria (Atlantic sanguin) (34)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0