Vesicomyidae
Vesicomya galatheae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Superorder:	Imparidentia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Glossoidea
Family:	Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 1901

Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.^[1]

Genera and species

Genera, and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are:

Subfamily Pliocardiinae Woodring, 1925

• Abyssogena Krylova, Sahling & R. Janssen, 2010
• Archivesica Dall, 1908
• Austrogena Krylova, Sellanes, F. Valdés & D'Elía, 2014
• Callogonia Dall, 1889
• Calyptogena Dall, 1891
  • Calyptogena magnifica
  • Calyptogena pacifica Dall, 1891
• Christineconcha Krylova & Cosel, 2011
• † Cytherocardia Sacco, 1900
• Ectenagena Woodring, 1938
• Elenaconcha Cosel & Olu, 2009
• † Hubertschenckia Takeda, 1953
• Isorropodon Sturany, 1896
• Laubiericoncha von Cosel & Olu, 2008
  • Laubiericoncha angulata (Dall, 1896) (formerly in Vesicomya)
  • Laubiericoncha chuni (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931) (formerly in Vesicomya)
  • Laubiericoncha myriamae von Cosel & Olu, 2008
  • Laubiericoncha suavis (Dall, 1913) (formerly in Vesicomya)
  • Laubiericoncha sp. 'Edison Seamount'
  • Laubiericoncha sp. 'Gakkel Ridge'
• † Notocalyptogena Amano, Saether, C. Little & K.A. Campbell, 2014
• Phreagena Woodring, 1938
• Pleurophopsis Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil, nomen dubium, sometimes included in Calyptogena)
  • "Pleurophopsis" peruviana Olsson, 1931 (fossil)
  • "Pleurophopsis" unioides Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil)
• Pliocardia Woodring, 1925
• Turneroconcha Krylova & Sahling, 2020
• Waisiuconcha Beets, 1942
• Wareniconcha Cosel & Olu, 2009

Subfamily Vesicomyinae Dall & Simpson, 1901

• Vesicomya Dall, 1886
  • Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Vesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969
  • Vesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967
  • Vesicomya cordata Boss, 1968
  • Vesicomya gigas (Dall, 1896)
  • Vesicomya leeana (Dall, 1889)
  • Vesicomya lepta (Dall, 1896)
  • Vesicomya ovalis (Dall, 1896)
  • Vesicomya pilula (Dall, 1881)
  • Vesicomya smithii Dall, 1889
  • Vesicomya stearnsii (Dall, 1895)
  • Vesicomya vesica (Dall, 1886)

Synonyms

• † Adulomya Kuroda, 1931 (includes Ectenagenasynonym of Pleurophopsis)
  • † Adulomya elongata (Dall, 1916)
  • † Adulomya extenta (Krylova & Moskalev, 1996)
  • † Adulomya phaseoliformis (Métivier, Okutani & Ohta, 1986)
  • † Adulomya kaikoi (Okutani & Métivier, 1986)
  • † Adulomya uchimuraensis Kuroda, 1931 : synonym of † Pleurophopsis uchimuraensis (Kuroda, 1931) (original combination)
• Akebiconcha Kuroda, 1943: synonym of Archivesica Dall, 1908
• Laubiericoncha Cosel & Olu, 2008: synonym of Archivesica Dall, 1908
• Pleurophoropsis Cossmann, 1920: synonym of Pleurophopsis van Winkle, 1919 (unjustified emendation of Pleurophopsis)