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Vesicomyidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Heterodonta
Order:	Veneroida
Superfamily:	Glossoidea
Family:	Vesicomyidae; Dall & Simpson, 1901
Genera
	Adulomya (disputed); Calyptogena; Laubiericoncha; Vesicomya;

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Vesicomyidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the superfamily Glossoidea.

Genera, and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are:

Adulomya Kuroda, 1931 (includes Ectenagena, may be synonym of Pleurophopsis)
- Adulomya elongata (Dall, 1916)
- Adulomya extenta (Krylova & Moskalev, 1996)
- Adulomya phaseoliformis (Métivier, Okutani & Ohta, 1986)
- Adulomya kaikoi (Okutani & Métivier, 1986)
- Adulomya uchimuraensis Kuroda, 1931 (fossil)
Calyptogena Dall, 1891
- Calyptogena magnifica
- Calyptogena pacifica Dall, 1891
Laubiericoncha von Cosel & Olu, 2008
- Laubiericoncha angulata (Dall, 1896) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha chuni (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha myriamae von Cosel & Olu, 2008
- Laubiericoncha suavis (Dall, 1913) (formerly in Vesicomya)
- Laubiericoncha sp. 'Edison Seamount'
- Laubiericoncha sp. 'Gakkel Ridge'
Vesicomya Dall, 1886
- Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Vesicomya bruuni Filatova, 1969
- Vesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967
- Vesicomya cordata Boss, 1968
- Vesicomya gigas (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya leeana (Dall, 1889)
- Vesicomya lepta (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya ovalis (Dall, 1896)
- Vesicomya pilula (Dall, 1881)
- Vesicomya smithii Dall, 1889
- Vesicomya stearnsii (Dall, 1895)
- Vesicomya vesica (Dall, 1886)
"Pleurophopsis" Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil, nomen dubium, sometimes included in Calyptogena)
- "Pleurophopsis" peruviana Olsson, 1931 (fossil)
- "Pleurophopsis" unioides Van Winkle, 1919 (fossil)

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-'''Vesicomyidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[bivalve]]s. Its [[genera]], with some selected species, are:
+'''Vesicomyidae''' is a [[taxonomic]] [[family (biology)|family]] of saltwater clams, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the superfamily [[Glossoidea]].
+==Genera and species==
+[[Genera]], and some selected species, within the family Vesicomyidae are:
 * ''[[Adulomya]]'' <small>Kuroda, 1931</small> (includes ''Ectenagena''<!-- Woodring, 1938 -->, may be synonym of ''Pleurophopsis'')