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

Lasaeidae J. E. Gray, 1842

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Kelliidae*	Forbes & Hanley, 1848	synonym
*Leptonidae*	Gray, 1847	synonym

Children

Aligena H. C. Lea, 1843
Arculus Monterosato, 1909
Boreacola F. R. Bernard, 1979
Bornia R. A. Philippi, 1836
Erycina Lamarck, 1805
Hemilepton Cossmann, 1912
Kellia W. Turton, 1822
Lasaea T. Brown, 1827
Lepton W. Turton, 1822
Mioerycina Kautsky, 1940
Montacutinae W. Clark, 1855
Pseudopythina P. Fischer, 1878
Scacchia R. A. Philippi, 1844

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: coin shells sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Münzmuscheln sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: チリハギガイ科

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p.
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.
redescription	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lasaeidae J. E. Gray, 1842. 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:222