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Veneridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Venerida
family
Veneridae

Name

Synonyms
Gafrariidae
Mysiidae
Oncophoridae
Homonyms
Veneridae
Common names
Venus Clam in English
Venus Shells in English
Venus shells in English
Venus- & tæppemuslinger in Danish
venus clam in English
venusmusslor in Swedish
venusskjell in Norwegian Bokmål
Venus Clams in English
Venusmuscheln in German
Venusmuscheln in German
artemisschelpen in Dutch
artemisschelpen in Dutch
tapijtschelpen in Dutch
tapijtschelpen in Dutch
venus clams in English
venus clams in English
venus shells in English
venus shells in English
venusmusslor in Swedish
venusmusslor in Swedish
venusschelpen in Dutch
venusschelpen in Dutch
マルスダレガイ科 in Japanese
マルスダレガイ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. 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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
  4. 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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
  5. Bieler, Rüdiger, Joseph G. Carter, and Eugene V. Coan, 2010: Classification of Bivalve Families, IN Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families. Malacologia, vol. 52, no. 2. 113-184.
  6. Chen, J.; Li, Q.; Kong, L.; Zheng, X. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of venus clams (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae) with emphasis on the systematic position of taxa along the coast of mainland China. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 40(3): 260-271.
  7. Chen, J.; Li, Q.; Kong, L.; Zheng, X. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of venus clams (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae) with emphasis on the systematic position of taxa along the coast of mainland China. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 40(3): 260-271.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Coan, Eugene V., Paul Valentich Scott, and Frank R. Bernard, 2000: Bivalve Seashells of Western North America: Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs, Number 2; Studies in Biodiversity, Number 2. viii + 764.
  11. Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (2010). Needles and pins: acicular crystalline periostracal calcification in venerid bivalves (Bivalvia: Veneridae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 76(2): 157-179.
  12. Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (2010). Needles and pins: acicular crystalline periostracal calcification in venerid bivalves (Bivalvia: Veneridae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 76(2): 157-179.
  13. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  14. Jukes-Brown A.D. 1914. A synopsis of the family Veneridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 11(1): 58-74; 11(2): 75-94
  15. Jukes-Brown A.D. 1914. A synopsis of the family Veneridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 11(1): 58-74; 11(2): 75-94
  16. Kappner, I.; Bieler, R. (2006). Phylogeny of venus clams (Bivalvia: Venerinae) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 40(2): 317-331. 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.006
  17. Kappner, I.; Bieler, R. (2006). Phylogeny of venus clams (Bivalvia: Venerinae) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 40(2): 317-331. 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.006
  18. Millard, V., 1997: null. Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca. 1-544.
  19. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  20. Ponder, Winston Frank, David R. Lindberg, and Juliet Mary Ponder, 2020: null. Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, vol. 2. xx + 870.
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