Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815 
AphiaID: 243

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Veneroidea

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Veneroidea
Sources		basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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		Language    Name   Dutch artemisschelpen  [details] Dutch tapijtschelpen  [details] Dutch venusschelpen  [details] English venus shells  [details] Swedish venusmusslor  [details]
All child taxa [hide all]		Genus Chamelea Mörch, 1853    » Species Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) » Species Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778) Genus Dosinia Scopoli, 1777    » Species Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) Genus Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817    » Species Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Genus Paphia Röding, 1798    » Species Paphia rhomboides (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767) Subfamily Petricolinae d'Orbigny, 1840    » Genus Petricola Lamarck, 1801    » Species Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) » Genus Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870    » Species Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) Genus Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900    » Species Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767) Genus Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811    » Subgenus Tapes (Tapes) Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811 represented as Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 (alternate representation)    » Species Tapes (Tapes) rhomboides (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767) Genus Venerupis Lamarck, 1818    » Species Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791) » Species Venerupis geographica (Gmelin, 1791) » Species Venerupis senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
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:243
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2011-03-14 19:17:39Z   checked   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Veneridae. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243 on 2013-05-20
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