Lasaeidae

{{Short description|Family of bivalves}}

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| image = Kellia suborbicularis.jpg

| image_caption = A group of shells of Kellia suborbicularis

| taxon = Lasaeidae

| authority = Gray, 1847

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

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| synonyms = {{Taxon list|

Erycinidae|Deshayes, 1850|

Kelliidae|Forbes & Hanley, 1848|

Leptonidae|Gray, 1847

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Lasaeidae is a family of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Galeommatida. These bivalves are sometimes called "kelly clams", because one of the genera in this family is Kellia.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Lasaeidae include:

References

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
  • [http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v31/2011f/n2p124.pdf J. Lützen, B. Berland & G.A.Bristow, Morphology of an endosymbiotic bivalve, Entovalva nhatrangensis (Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010) (Galeommatoidea); Molluscan Research 31(2): 114–124 ; ISSN 1323-5818]

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Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

Category:Bivalve families