Glossidae


Glossidae is a family of saltwater clams in the superfamily Glossoidea.

Taxonomy

The following genera and species are recognised in the family Glossidae:
  • Fissilunula Etheridge, 1902
  • * †Fissilunula clarkei
  • * †Fissilunula coreenaensis Day, 2025
  • Glossus
  • * †Glossus abichianus
  • * †Glossus eichwaldianus
  • * †Glossus gigantaeus
  • * Glossus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 – oxheart clam
  • * †Glossus lunulatus
  • * †Glossus major
  • * †Glossus neocomiensis
  • * †Glossus olearii
  • * †Glossus subtransversus
  • Meiocardia H. and A. Adams, 1857
  • * Meiocardia cumingi
  • * †Meiocardia faxensis
  • * †Meiocardia floridana
  • * Meiocardia hawaiana Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
  • * †Meiocardia incognita Zubkovitsch, 1961
  • * Meiocardia moltkiana
  • * †Meiocardia palmerae Nicol, 1968
  • * Meiocardia samarangiae F. R. Bernard, Y. Cai & B. Morton, 1993
  • * Meiocardia sanguineomaculata
  • * †Meiocardia septemcostata Wanner & Hahn, 1935
  • * †Meiocardia subcumingii
  • * †Meiocardia susukii
  • * Meiocardia vulgaris
  • Miocardiopsis Glibert, 1936
  • * †Miocardiopsis carinata
  • * †Miocardiopsis chonioides
  • * †Miocardiopsis eocaenica
  • * †Miocardiopsis isocardioides
  • * †Miocardiopsis laciniosa
  • * †Miocardiopsis loustaui
  • * †Miocardiopsis subquadrata
  • * †Miocardiopsis tapina
  • Petalocardia É. Vincent, 1925
  • * †''Petalocardia pectinifera''