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Bivalvia Veneroida Psammobiidae 

Psammobiidae Fleming, 1828

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Psammotaea
   Nuttallia
   Grammatomya
   Unplaced
   Asaphis Modeer, 1793
   Hiatula Modeer, 1793
   Sanguinolaria Lamarck, 1799
   Gari Schumacher, 1817
   Soletellina Blainville, 1824
   Psammacola Blainville, 1824
   Orbicularia Deshayes, 1850
   Heteroglypta Martens, 1880
   Psammotellina Fischer, 1887
   Psammosphaerica Jousseaume, 1894

Common Name

Sunset Shells p.371 [as Sanguinolariidae]      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.564 General reference
 Willan, R.C. 1993.  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Tellinoidea
                  Psammobiidae Fleming, 1828

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17512) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-03-21.