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Classification & Species List of British Marine Bivalvia

The development of molecular phylogeny has radically altered our understanding of the evolution, relationships and resulting classification of the bivalves. New data are constantly appearing and major “Tree of Life” projects such as “BivAToL” http://www.bivatol.org are in progress.

Traditionalists find the new classifications unsettling and the proponents often disagree, making the presentation of a classification here temporary. We have however chosen to follow recent developments and adopt a classification presented by Rudiger Bieler and Paula Mikkelesen in 2006.

Bieler, R. & Mikkelesen, P. 2006. Bivalvia – A look at the branches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 148: 223-235.

This classification includes only those taxa found in the fauna of the British Isles.

CLASS BIVALVIA LINNAEUS, 1758

SUBCLASS PROTOBRANCHIA Pelseneer, 1889

Order Nuculoida Dall, 1889

            Superfamily Nuculoidea J. E. Gray, 1824

                        Family Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824
                                    Brevinucula verrilli (Dall, 1886)
                                    Ennucula corbuloides  (Seguenza, 1877)
                                    Ennucula corticata  (Møller, 1842)
                                    Ennucula granulosa  (Verrill, 1884)
                                    Ennucula tenuis  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Nucula atacellana  Schenck, 1939
                                    Nucula hanleyi  Winckworth, 1931
                                    Nucula nitidosa  Winckworth, 1930
                                    Nucula nucleus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Nucula sulcata  Bronn, 1831
                                    Nucula tumidula  Malm, 1860

              Superfamily Pristiglomoidea Sanders & Allen, 1973

                        Family Pristiglomidae Sanders & Allen, 1973
                                    Pristigloma alba  (Sanders & Allen, 1973)
                                    Pristigloma nitens  (Jeffreys, 1876)

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Order Nuculanoida Carter, Campbell & Campbell, 2000

            Superfamily Nuculanoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858

                        Family Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
                                    Ledella messanensis  (Jeffreys, 1870)
                                    Ledella pustulosa  (Jeffreys, 1876)
                                    Ledella ultima  (E A Smith, 1885)
                                    Microgloma guilonardi (Hoeksema, 1993)
                                    Microgloma pusilla (Jeffreys, 1879)
                                    Microgloma tumidula  (Monterosato, 1880)
                                    Nuculana minuta  (Müller, 1776)
                                    Nuculana pernula  (Müller, 1779)
                                    Portlandia arctica  (J E Gray, 1824)
                                    Portlandia intermedia  (M.Sars, 1865)
                                    Saccella commutata  (Philippi, 1844)
                                    Yoldia hyperborea  Torell, 1859
                                    Yoldiella annenkovae  (Gorbunov, 1946)
                                    Yoldiella biscayensis  Allen, Sanders & Hannah, 1995
                                    Yoldiella curta  Verrill & Bush, 1898
                                    Yoldiella ella Allen, Sanders & Hannah, 1995
                                    Yoldiella fabula  Allen, Sanders & Hannah, 1995
                                    Yoldiella frigida  (Torell, 1859)
                                    Yoldiella incala Allen, Sanders & Hannah, 1995
                                    Yoldiella insculpta  (Jeffreys, 1879)
                                    Yoldiella jeffreysi  (Hidalgo, 1877)
                                    Yoldiella lenticula  (Møller, 1842)
                                    Yoldiella lucida  (Lovén, 1846)
                                    Yoldiella nana  (M Sars, 1865)
                                    Yoldiella philippiana  (Nyst, 1844)
                                    Yoldiella propinqua  (Leche, 1878)
                                    Yoldiella solidula  Warén, 1989
                                    Yoldiella thaerella Killeen & Turner, 2009
                                    Yoldiella valorousae Killeen & Turner, 2009

                        Family Malletiidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
                                    Katadesmia cuneata  (Jeffreys, 1876)
                                    Malletia johnsoni  Clark, 1961

                        Family Neilonellidae Schileyko, 1989
                                    Pseudoneilonella latior  (Jeffreys, 1876)

                        Family Siliculidae Allen & Sanders, 1973
                                    Silicula fragilis  Jeffreys, 1879

                        Family Bathyspinulidae Coan & Scott, 1997
                                    Bathyspinula subexcisa  (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
                                    Bathyspinula filatovae (Knudsen 1967)

                        Family Lametilidae Allen & Sanders, 1973
                                    Lametila abyssorum Allen & Sanders, 1973

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AUTOLAMELLIBRANCHIATA Grobben, 1894

SUBCLASS PTERIOMORPHA Beurlen, 1944

Order Arcoida Stoliczka, 1870

            Superfamily Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809

                        Family Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
                                    Arca (Tetrarca) tetragona  Poli, 1795
                                    Asperarca nodulosa  (Müller, 1776)
                                    Bathyarca frielei  (Friele, 1877)
                                    Bathyarca glacialis  (J E Gray, 1824)
                                    Bathyarca inaequisculpta  (E A Smith, 1885)
                                    Bathyarca pectunculoides  (Scacchi, 1835)
                                    Bathyarca philippiana  (Nyst, 1848)
                                    Bentharca asperula  (Dall 1881)

                        Family Glycymerididae Dall, 1908
                                    Glycymeris glycymeris  (Linnaeus, 1758)

                        Family Noetiidae Steward, 1930
                                    Striarca lactea  (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
            Superfamily Limopsoidea Dall, 1895

                        Family Limopsidae Dall, 1895
                                    Limopsis aurita  (Brocchi, 1814)
                                    Limopsis cristata  Jeffreys, 1876
                                    Limopsis minuta  (Philippi, 1836)
                                    Limopsis tenella  Jeffreys, 1876

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Order Mytiloida Férussac, 1822

            Superfamily Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815

                        Family Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                                    Crenella decussata  (Montagu, 1808)
                                    Crenella pellucida  (Jeffreys, 1859)
                                    Dacrydium ockelmanni  Mattson & Warén, 1977
                                    Dacrydium vitreum  (Holboll in Moller, 1842)
                                    Idas argenteus  Jeffreys, 1876
                                    Idas lamellosus Verrill, 1882
                                    Idas simpsoni  (Marshall, 1900)
                                    Modiolarca tumida  (Hanley, 1843)
                                    Modiolula phaseolina  (Philippi, 1844)
                                    Modiolus adriaticus  (Lamarck, 1819)
                                    Modiolus barbatus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Modiolus modiolus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Musculus costulatus  (Risso, 1826)
                                    Musculus discors  (Linnaeus, 1767)
                                    Musculus niger  (J E Gray, 1824)
                                    Mytilus edulis  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Mytilus galloprovincialis  Lamarck, 1818
                                    Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1851
                                    Rhomboidella prideauxi  (Leach, 1815)

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Order Pterioida Newell, 1965

            Superfamily Pterioidea J. E. Clay, 1847 [1820]

                        Family Pteriidae J. E. Gray, 1847 [1820]
                                    Pteria hirundo  (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
            Superfamily Ostreoidea Rafinesque, 1815

                        Family Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
                                    Crassostrea gigas  (Thunberg, 1793)
                                    Ostrea edulis  Linnaeus,1758
                                    Tiostrea chilensis (Philippi, 1845)

                        Family Gryphaeidae Vyalov, 1936
                                    Neopycnodonte cochlear  (Poli, 1795)
 
            Superfamily Pinnoidea Leach, 1819

                        Family Pinnidae Leach, 1819
                                    Atrina fragilis  (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Order Limoida Waller, 1978

            Superfamily Limoidea d'Orbigny, 1846

                        Family Limidae d'Orbigny, 1846
                                    Acesta excavata  (J C Fabricius, 1779)
                                    Limaria hians  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Limatula bisecta  Allen, 2004
                                    Limatula celtica  Allen, 2004
                                    Limatula demiradiata  Allen, 2004
                                    Limatula gwyni  (Sykes, 1903)
                                    Limatula jeffreysi (P Fischer, 1882)
                                    Limatula margaretae  Allen, 2004
                                    Limatula subauriculata  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Limatula subovata  (Monterosato, 1875)
                                    Limatula thalassae  Allen, 2004)
                                    Limea loscombii  (G B Sowerby I, 1823)
                                    Notolimea crassa  (Forbes, 1844

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Order Pectinoida H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857

            Superfamily Pectinoidea Rafinesque, 1815

                        Family Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                                    Aequipecten opercularis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Chlamys islandica  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Chlamys varia  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Crassadoma pusio  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Delectopecten vitreus  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Hyalopecten frigidus  (Jensen, 1904)
                                    Hyalopecten pudicus  (E A Smith, 1885)
                                    Palliolum furtivum  (Lovén, 1846)
                                    Palliolum striatum  (Müller, 1776)
                                    Palliolum tigerinum  (Müller, 1776)
                                    Pecten maximus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Pseudamussium peslutrae  (Linnaeus, 1771)
                                    Pseudamussium sulcatum  (Müller, 1776)
                                   

                        Family Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
                                    Catillopecten eucymatus  (Dall 1898)
                                    Cyclopecten ambiannulatus  Schein, 1989
                                    Cyclopecten hoskynsi  (Forbes, 1844)
                                    Parvamussium permirum  (Dautzenberg, 1925)
                                    Propeamussium lucidum  (Jeffreys in Thomson, 1873)
                                    Similipecten greenlandicus  (G B Sowerby II, 1842)
                                    Similipecten oskarssoni Dijkstra & Warén, 2009
                                    Similipecten similis  (Laskey, 1811)
 
            Superfamily Anomioidea Rafinesque, 1815

                        Family Anomiidae Rafinesque, 1815
                                    Anomia ephippium  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Heteranomia squamula  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Pododesmus patelliformis  (Linnaeus, 1761)
                                    Pododesmus striata  (Gmelin, 1791)

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SUBCLASS HETEROCONCHIA Hertwig, 1895

HETERODONTA Neumayr, 1883

Order Carditoida Dall, 1889

            Superfamily Crassatelloidea Ferussac, 1822

                        Family Astartidae d'Orbigny, 1844
                                    Astarte acuticostata  Friele, 1877
                                    Astarte borealis  (Schumacher, 1817)
                                    Astarte crebricostata  Macandrew & Forbes, 1847
                                    Astarte crenata  (J E Gray, 1824)
                                    Astarte elliptica  (Brown, 1827)
                                    Astarte montagui  (Dillwyn, 1817)
                                    Astarte sulcata  (da Costa, 1778)
                                    Digitaria digitaria  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Goodallia triangularis  (Montagu, 1803) 

            Superfamily Thyasiroidea Dall, 1900

                        Family Thyasiridae Dall, 1900
                                    Adontorhina keegani Barry & McCormack 2007
                                    Adontorhina similis  Barry & McCormack 2007
                                    Axinopsida orbiculata  (G O Sars, 1878)
                                    Axinulus (Genaxinus) eumyarius  (M Sars, 1870)
                                    Axinulus brevis  (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
                                    Axinulus croulinensis  (Jeffreys, 1847)
                                    Axinus grandis  (Verrill & Smith 1885)
                                    Leptaxinus incrassatus  (Jeffreys, 1876)
                                    Mendicula ferruginosa  (Forbes, 1844)
                                    Thyasira (Parathyasira) dunbari  Lubinsky, 1976
                                    Thyasira (Parathyasira) equalis  (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
                                    Thyasira (Parathyasira) granulosa  (Monterosato, 1874)
                                    Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Thyasira (Thyasira) gouldi  (Philippi, 1845)
                                    Thyasira (Thyasira) polygona  (Jeffreys, 1864)
                                    Thyasira (Thyasira) sarsi  (Philippi, 1845)
                                    Thyasira obsoleta  (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
                                    Thyasira subcircularis Payne & Allen, 1991
                                    Thyasira subovata  (Jeffreys, 1881)
                                    Thyasira succisa  (Jeffreys, 1876)
                                    Thyasira tortuosa  (Jeffreys, 1881)

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Order Anomalodesmata Dall, 1889

            Superfamily Pandoroidea Rafinesque, 1815

                        Family Pandoridae Rafinesque, 1815
                                    Pandora inaequivalvis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Pandora pinna  (Montagu, 1803)

                        Family Lyonsiidae P. Fischer, 1887
                                    Allogramma formosa  (Jeffreys, 1881)
                                    Lyonsia norwegica  (Gmelin, 1791)

            Superfamily Thracioidea Stoliczka, 1870

                        Family Periplomatidae Dall, 1895
                                    Cochlodesma praetenue  (Pulteney, 1799)
                                    Cochlodesma tenerum  Fischer, 1882

                        Family Thraciidae Stoliczka, 1870
                                    Thracia convexa  (W Wood, 1815)
                                    Thracia distorta  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Thracia gracilis  Jeffreys, 1865
                                    Thracia myopsis  Møller, 1842
                                    Thracia papyracea  (Poli, 1791)
                                    Thracia pubescens  (Pulteney, 1799)
                                    Thracia villosiuscula  (Macgillivray, 1827)

SUBCLASS SEPTIBRANCHIA Pelseneer, 1888

            Superfamily Verticordioidea Stoliczka, 1871

                        Family Verticordiidae Stoliczka, 1870
                                    Halicardia flexuosa  (Verrill & Smith, 1881)
                                    Lyonsiella abyssicola  G O Sars, 1872
                                    Lyonsiella subquadrata  (Jeffreys, 1881)
                                    Policordia atlantica Allen & Turner, 1974
                                    Policordia densicostata  (Locard, 1898)
                                    Policordia gemma  (Verrill, 1880)
                                    Policordia jeffreysi  (Friele, 1879
                                    Verticordia granulata  Seguenza, 1860
                                    Verticordia triangularis  (Locard, 1898)

                        Family Poromyidae Dall, 1886
                                    Cetoconcha nitida (Verrill, 1884)
                                    Poromya granulata  (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839)
                                    Poromya tornata  (Jeffreys, 1876)

                        Family Cuspidariidae Dall, 1886
                                    Cardiomya costellata  (Deshayes, 1833)
                                    Cardiomya curta  (Jeffreys, 1876)
                                    Cardiomya knudseni  Allen & Morgan, 1981
                                    Cardiomya striata  (Jeffreys, 1876)
                                    Cuspidaria cuspidata  (Olivi, 1792)
                                    Cuspidaria glacialis  (G O Sars, 1878)
                                    Cuspidaria lamellosa  (G O Sars, 1872)
                                    Cuspidaria obesa  (Lovén, 1846)
                                    Cuspidaria parva  Verrill & Bush, 1898
                                    Cuspidaria rostrata  (Spengler, 1793)
                                    Cuspidaria subtorta  (G O Sars, 1878)
                                    Cuspidaria undata Verrill, 1884
                                    Halonympha depressa  (Jeffreys 1882)
                                    Halonympha inflata  (Jeffreys, 1882)
                                    Myonera atlantica  Allen & Morgan, 1981
                                    Myonera demistriata  Allen & Morgan, 1981
                                    Myonera sulcifera  (Jeffreys, 1882)
                                    Myonera sp.
                                    Protocuspidaria atlantica  Allen & Morgan, 1981
                                    Protocuspidaria colpodes  Dautzenberg & Fischer H 1897
                                    Protocuspidaria (Edentaria) simplis  Allen & Morgan, 1981
                                    Protocuspidaria verityi (Allen & Morgan, 1981)
                                    Rhinoclama notabilis  (Jeffreys, 1876)
                                    Tropidomya abbreviata  (Forbes, 1843)

            Superfamily Pholadomyoidea Gray, 1847

                        Family Pholadomyidae Gray, 1847
                                    Panacca loveni  (Jeffreys, 1881)

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Order Veneroida H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856           

            Superfamily Lucinoidea Fleming, 1828

                        Family Lucinidae Fleming, 1828
                                    Ctena decussata  (O G Costa, 1829)
                                    Loripes lacteus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Lucinella divaricata  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Lucinoma borealis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Myrtea spinifera  (Montagu, 1803)

            Superfamily Chamoidea Lamarck, 1809

                        Family Chamidae Lamarck, 1809
                                    Chama cf. gryphoides  Linnaeus, 1758

            Superfamily Galeommatoidea J. E. Gray, 1840

                        Family Galeommatidae J. E. Gray, 1840
                                    Galeomma turtoni  G B Sowerby I in Turton, 1825

                        Family Lasaeidae J. E. Gray, 1842
                                    Lasaea adansoni  (Gmelin, 1791)

                        Family Leptonidae J. E. Gray, 1847
                                    Lepton squamosum  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Lepton subtrigonum  Jeffreys in Folin, 1873

                        Family Kelliidae Forbes & Hanley, 1849
                                    Bornia sebetia  (O G Costa, 1829)
                                    Kellia suborbicularis  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Pseudopythina macandrewi  (P Fischer, 1867)
                                    Semierycina nitida  (Turton, 1822)

                        Family Montacutidae W. Clark, 1855
                                    Altenaeum dawsoni  (Jeffreys, 1864)
                                    Axinodon symmetros  (Jeffreys, 1876)
                                    Coracuta obliquata  (Chaster, 1897)
                                    Devonia perrieri  (Malard, 1904)
                                    Epilepton clarkiae  (Clark, 1852)
                                    Kelliopsis jozinae  Van Aartsen & Carrozza, 1997
                                    Kurtiella bidentata  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Kurtiella ovata  (Jeffreys, 1881)
                                    Kurtiella pellucida  (Jeffreys, 1881)
                                    Kurtiella tumidula  (Jeffreys, 1866)
                                    Montacuta phascolionis  Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1925
                                    Montacuta substriata  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Scacchia tenera  Jeffreys, 1881
                                    Tellimya ferruginosa Montagu, 1808
                                    Tellimya tenella  (Lovén, 1846)
                                    Tellimya sp.

            Superfamily Hiatelloidea J. E. Gray, 1824

                        Family Hiatellidae J. E. Gray, 1824
                                    Cyrtodaria kurriana  Dunker, 1861
                                    Hiatella arctica  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Hiatella rugosa  (Linnaeus, 1767)
                                    Panomya norvegica  (Spengler, 1793)
                                    Saxicavella jeffreysi  Winckworth, 1930

            Superfamily Gastrochaenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840

                        Family Gastrochaenidae J. E. Gray, 1840
                                    Gastrochaena dubia  (Pennant, 1777)

            Superfamily Arcticoidea R. B. Newton, 1891

                        Family Arcticidae R. B. Newton, 1891
                                    Arctica islandica  (Linnaeus, 1767)

                        Family Trapezidae Lamy, 1920
                                    Coralliophaga lithophagella  (Lamarck, 1819)

            Superfamily Ungulinoidea H. Adams & A. Adams

                        Family Ungulinidae H. Adams & A. Adams
                                    Diplodonta rotundata  (Montagu, 1803)

            Superfamily Glossoidea J. E. Gray, 1847 [18401

                        Family Glossidae J. E. Gray, 1847 [18401
                                    Glossus humanus  (Linnaeus, 1758)

                        Family Kelliellidae P. Fischer, 1887
                                    Kelliella abyssicola  (Forbes, 1844)

                        Family Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 190
                                    Vesicomya atlantica  (E A Smith, 1885)

            Superfamily Cyamioidea G. 0. Sars, 1878

                        Family Sportellidae Dall, 1899            

            Superfamily Cardioidea Lamarck, 1809

                        Family Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809
                                    Acanthocardia aculeata  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Acanthocardia echinata  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Acanthocardia paucicostata  (G B Sowerby II, 1841)
                                    Acanthocardia tuberculata  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Cerastoderma edule  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Cerastoderma glaucum  (Poiret, 1789)
                                    Ciliatocardium ciliatum  (O Fabricius, 1780)
                                    Goethemia elegantula  (Møller, 1842)
                                    Laevicardium crassum  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Papillicardium papillosum  (Poli, 1795)
                                    Parvicardium exiguum  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Parvicardium exiguum var subangulatum (Scacchi, 1833)
                                    Parvicardium hauniense  (Petersen & Russell, 1971)
                                    Parvicardium minimum  (Philippi, 1836)
                                    Parvicardium pinnulatum  (Conrad, 1831)
                                    Parvicardium scabrum  (Philippi, 1844)
                                    Serripes groenlandicus  (Mohr, 1786)

             Superfamily Veneroidea Rafinesque, 1815

                        Family Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                                    Callista chione  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Chamelea striatula  (da Costa, 1778)
                                    Clausinella fasciata  (da Costa, 1778)
                                    Dosinia exoleta  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Dosinia lupinus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Gouldia minima  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Irus irus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Mercenaria mercenaria  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Tapes aureus  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Tapes corrugata  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Tapes decussatus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Tapes philippinarum  (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
                                    Tapes rhomboides  (Pennant, 1777)
                                    Timoclea ovata  (Pennant, 1777)
                                    Venus casina  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Venus verrucosa  Linnaeus, 1758

                        Family Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831
                                    Mysia undata  (Pennant, 1777)
                                    Petricola pholadiformis  Lamarck, 1818

                        Family Turtoniidae Clark 1855
                                    Turtonia minuta  (Fabricius, 1780)

                        Family Neoleptonidae Thiele, 1934
                                    Arculus sykesi  (Chaster, 1895)
                                    Neolepton sulcatulum  (Jeffreys, 1859)
                                    Neolepton sp.

            Superfamily Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814

                        Family Tellinidae Blainville, 1814
                                    Arcopagia crassa  (Pennant, 1777)
                                    Arcopella balaustina  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Gastrana fragilis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Macoma balthica  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Macoma calcarea  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Macoma loveni  Jensen, 1905
                                    Macoma moesta  (Deshayes, 1854)
                                    Macoma torelli  Jensen, 1905
                                    Tellina (Fabulina) fabula  Gmelin, 1791
                                    Tellina (Laciolina) incarnata  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Tellina (Moerella) donacina  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Tellina (Moerella) pygmaea  Lovén, 1846
                                    Tellina (Serratina) serrata  Brocchi, 1814
                                    Tellina tenuis  da Costa, 1778

                        Family Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828
                                    Capsella variegata  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Donax vittatus  (da Costa, 1778)

                        Family Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828
                                    Gari costulata  (Turton, 1822)
                                    Gari depressa  (Pennant, 1777)
                                    Gari fervensis  (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Gari tellinella  (Lamarck, 1818)

                        Family Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870
                                    Abra alba  (W Wood, 1802)
                                    Abra longicallus  (Scacchi, 1834)
                                    Abra nitida  (Müller, 1776)
                                    Abra prismatica  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Abra profundorum  (E A Smith, 1885)
                                    Abra tenuis  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Ervilia castanea  (Montagu, 1803)
                                    Scrobicularia plana  (da Costa, 1778)

                        Family Solecurtidae d'Orbigny, 1846
                                    Azorinus chamasolen  (da Costa, 1778)
                                    Solecurtus candidus  (Brocchi, 1814)
                                    Solecurtus scopula  (Turton, 1822)

            Superfamily Solenoidea Lamarck, 1809

                        Family Solenidae Lamarck, 1809
                                    Solen marginatus  Pulteney, 1799

                        Family Pharidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
                                    Ensis arcuatus  (Jeffreys, 1865)
                                    Ensis directus  (Conrad, 1843)
                                    Ensis ensis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Ensis minor  (Chenu, 1843)
                                    Ensis siliqua  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Pharus legumen  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Phaxas pellucidus  (Pennant, 1777)

            Superfamily Mactroidea Lamarck, 1809

                        Family Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
                                    Lutraria angustior  Philippi, 1844
                                    Lutraria lutraria  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Lutraria magna  (da Costa, 1778)
                                    Mactra glauca  Born, 1778
                                    Mactra stultorum  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Spisula elliptica  (Brown, 1827)
                                    Spisula solida  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Spisula solidissima  (Dillwyn, 1817)
                                    Spisula subtruncata  (da Costa, 1778)

                        Family Mesodesmatidae J. E. Gray, 1840
                                    Donacilla cornea  (Poli, 1791)

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Order Myoida Stoliczka, 1870

            Superfamily Myoidea Lamarck, 1809

                        Family Myidae Lamarck, 1809
                                    Mya arenaria  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Mya truncata  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Sphenia binghami  Turton, 1822

                        Family Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818
                                    Corbula gibba  (Olivi, 1792)

            Superfamily Pholadoidea Lamarck, 1809

                        Family Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809
                                    Barnea candida  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Barnea parva  (Pennant, 1777)
                                    Martesia striata  (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                    Pholadidea loscombiana  Turton, 1819
                                    Pholas dactylus  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Zirfaea crispata  (Linnaeus, 1758)

                        Family Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                                    Bankia bipennata  (Turton, 1819)
                                    Bankia fimbriatula  Moll & Roch, 1931
                                    Bankia gouldi  (Bartsch, 1908)
                                    Lyrodus bipartitus  (Jeffreys, 1860)
                                    Lyrodus pedicellatus  (Quatrefages, 1849)
                                    Nausitora fusticula  (Jeffreys, 1860)
                                    Nototeredo norvagica  (Spengler, 1792)
                                    Psiloteredo megotara  (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)
                                    Spathoteredo spatha  (Jeffreys, 1860)
                                    Teredo navalis  Linnaeus, 1758
                                    Teredora malleolus  (Turton, 1822)
                                    Teredothyra excavata  (Jeffreys, 1860)
                                    Uperotus lieberkindi  (Roch, 1931)

                        Family Xylophagaidae 1941
                                    Xylophaga anselli  Harvey, 1996
                                    Xylophaga dorsalis  (Turton, 1819)
                                    Xylophaga gagei  Harvey, 1996
                                    Xylophaga praestans  E A Smith, 1903