Solemyidae
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Solemyidae is a family of bivalves in the order Solemyoida, the members known as Solemyids.
Solemyids contain sulphur-oxidising bacteria in their gill filaments as symbionts; the family is characterised by a reduced or even absent gut.[1]
[edit] Genera and species in the family Solemyidae
- Acharax Dall, 1908
- Acharax alinae
- Acharax johnstoni
- Solemya Lamarck, 1818
- Solemya borealis Totten, 1834
- Solemya caribbaea H.E. Vokes, 1970
- Solemya grandis A.E. Verrill & Bush, 1898
- Solemya occidentalis Deshayes, 1857
- Solemya parkinsoni E.A. Smith, 1874
- Solemya patagonica E.A. Smith, 1885
- Solemya reidi (syn. Solemya macrodactyla) Rochebrune & Mabille, 1891
- Solyema togata Poli 1795
- Solemya velum Say, 1822
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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