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

Galeommatidae Gray, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Austrodevonia Middelfart & Craig, 2004
Axinodon A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Galeomma W. Turton, 1825
Hindsiella Stoliczka, 1871
Nudiscintilla Lützen & C. Nielsen, 2005
Scintilla Deshayes, 1856
Solecardia Conrad, 1849
Vasconiella Dall, 1899

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウロコガイ科

Literature

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. Galeommatidae 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:226

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Occurrence

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No data

Environment

marine, brackish

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.