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Vesicomyidae
Sign in to saveVesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea. They thrive in communities of sulphide-rich reducing environments, at depths from 100 to 9050 m.
Species
オトヒメハマグリ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyVesicomyidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,063
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Vesicomyidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, UCMP, SIO
- Recorded in
- United States, Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Glossoidea
- Image
- Vesicomya galatheae (10.3897-zookeys.707.13042) Figure 4.jpg
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- taxon name
- Vesicomyidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Vesicomyidae
- Commons category
- Vesicomyidae
- taxon author citation
- Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901
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Encyclopedic overview
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Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea. They thrive in communities of sulphide-rich reducing environments, at depths from 100 to 9050 m.
Vesicomyidae is very often studied to understand molecular adaptation to extreme deep-sea environments and biogeography. Studies of Kenzoic fossile figures show that Vesicomyidae has lived in this type of habitat since late Eocene, 42-47 millions of years ago. The taxonomy foor this family is currently under revision as there is a discrepancy between molecular data and morphological data.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vesicomyidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.