Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Mactroidea

Mesodesmatidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Atactodea Dall, 1895
Donacilla R. A. Philippi, 1836
Mesodesma Deshayes, 1832

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: チドリマスオガイ科

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp.
basis of record	Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
additional source	de Rooij-Schuiling L.A. 1972. Systematic notes on the Mesodesmatidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia), and descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies. Zoologische Mededelingen 46(5): 55-68.
additional source	Beu, A. G. (1971). Genera of the bivalve family Mesodesmatidae, with comments on some australian species. i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2(2): 113-131.
additional source	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.
additional source	Lamy E. 1914. Révision des Mesodesmatidae vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 62: 1-74.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesodesmatidae J. E. Gray, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232