WoRMS taxon details
Donacidae Fleming, 1828
AphiaID: 236
AphiaID: 236
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Parent | Tellinoidea | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details] redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Donax Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Galatea Bruguière, 1797 Genus Hecuba Schumacher, 1817 Genus Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817 Genus Profischeria Dall, 1903 Genus Serrula Mörch, 1853 Genus Amphichaena Philippi, 1847 accepted as Donax (Amphichaena) Philippi, 1847 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Capsella Gray, 1851 accepted as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Chion Scopoli, 1777 accepted as Donax (Chion) Scopoli, 1777 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Deltachion Iredale, 1930 accepted as Donax (Deltachion) Iredale, 1930 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Egeria I. Lea, 1833 accepted as Galatea Bruguière, 1797 Genus Fischeria Bernardi, 1860 accepted as Profischeria Dall, 1903 Genus Galateia Brito Capello, 1878 accepted as Galatea Bruguière, 1797 Genus Galathea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Galatea Bruguière, 1797 Genus Grammatodonax Dall, 1900 accepted as Donax (Grammatodonax) Dall, 1900 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Latona Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Plebidonax Iredale, 1930 accepted as Donax (Plebidonax) Iredale, 1930 Genus Tentidonax Iredale, 1930 accepted as Donax (Tentidonax) Iredale, 1930 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Donacidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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