Sportellidae
Sportellidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Cyamioidea.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Superorder: | Imparidentia |
| Superfamily: | Cyamioidea |
| Family: | Sportellidae Dall, 1899 |
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Sportellidae shells are of moderate size, equivalve and with an external ligament set on small nymphs. The hinge has one or two cardinal teeth and inconspicuous laterals.
Genera and species
- † Angusticardo Cossmann, 1887
- Fabella Conrad, 1863
- Fabella constricta (Conrad, 1841)
- Fabella pilsbryi (Dall, 1899)
- Fabella stearnsii (Dall, 1899)
- Sportella Deshayes, 1858
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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.
- 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.
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