Biology:Vesicomyidae
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Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.[1] They thrive in communities of sulphide-rich reducing environments, at depths from 100 to 9050 m.[2]
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.[3] The taxonomy foor this family is currently under revision as there is a discrepancy between molecular data and morphological data.[4]
Swedish researcher Frida Hybertsen has shown in her dissertation that the difference in size of the Vesicomyidae between Eocene to the Oligocene might be due to climate change.[5]
Vesicomyidae has been found at the underwater Piip Volcano in the Bering Sea, off the Puerto Rican coast[6] and more recently in the Ross Sea.[7]
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)
- 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)
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23140 on 2022-02-01
- ↑ lena M. Krylova ,Heiko Sahling (April 1, 2010). Vesicomyidae (Bivalvia): Current Taxonomy and Distribution. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009957. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ Hybertsen, Frida. "Systematik och utforskning av den kemosyntetiska musselfamiljen Vesicomyidae". https://www.havet.nu/systematik-och-utforskning-av-den-kemosyntetiska-musselfamiljen-vesicomyidae.
- ↑ Robert C. Vrijenhoek ∗, Steven J. Schutz ∗ † , Richard G. Gustafson ∗ , Richard A. Lutz. "Cryptic species of deep-sea clams (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae) from hydrothermal vent and cold-water seep environments". https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0967063794900396.
- ↑ Hybertsen, Frida (2022). Systematics and assessment of the chemosynthetic bivalve family Vesicomyidae. Stockholms universitet. Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper. ISBN 9789179119607.
- ↑ Glossoidea J. E. Gray, 1847 (1840). "WoRMS taxon details". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23140.
- ↑ Critter of the Week: an exciting discovery, the Vesicomyidae clam. "Critter of the Week". https://niwa.co.nz/aquaculture/critter-week/critter-week-exciting-discovery-vesicomyidae-clam.
- 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. Malacologia. 52(2): 1–184.
- 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.
External links
- Dall, W. H. & Simpson, C. T. (1901). The Mollusca of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 20: 351-524, pl. 54-58
- Krylova E. M. & Sahling H. (2010). "Vesicomyidae (Bivalvia): Current Taxonomy and Distribution". PLoS ONE 5(4): e9957. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009957
- Krylova, E. M.; Sahling, H.; Borowski, C. (2018). Resolving the status of the families Vesicomyidae and Kelliellidae (Bivalvia: Venerida), with notes on their ecology. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 84(1): 69–91
- Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics. 28(1): 32-115
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