Sportellidae

Taxobox
name = Sportellidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Sportellidae
familia_authority = Dall, 1899
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Sportellidae is a family of marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida.

Sportellidae shells are of moderate size, equivalve and with an external ligament set on small nymphs. The hinge has one or two cardinal teeth and inconspicuous laterals.

Genera and species

* "Anisodonta" Deshayes, 1858
** "Anisodonta alata" (Powell, 1952)
** "Anisodonta alata trigonia" (Powell, 1952)
** "Anisodonta pseudoscintilla" Ponder, 1971
** "Anisodonta carolina" Dall, 1900
* "Basterotia" Hoernes, 1859
** "Basterotia corbuloidea" Dall, 1899
** "Basterotia elliptica" (Recluz, 1850)
** "Basterotia floridana" Dall, 1903
** "Basterotia hertleini" Durham, 1950
** "Basterotia peninsularis" (Jordan, 1936)
** "Basterotia quadrata" (Hanley, 1843)
* "Benthoquetia" Iredale, 1930
** "Benthoquetia integra" (Hedley, 1907)
* "Ensitellops" Olsson and Harbison, 1953
** "Ensitellops pilsbryi" (Dall, 1899)
** "Ensitellops protexta" (Conrad, 1841)
** "Ensitellops tabula" Olsson and Harbison, 1953
* "Fabella" Conrad, 1863
** "Fabella pilsbryi" (Dall, 1899)
* "Planktomya" Simroth, 1896
** "Planktomya henseni" Simroth, 1896

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1