# Lasaeidae

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**Lasaeidae** is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of very small saltwater clams, [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [molluscs](/source/Mollusc) in the order [Galeommatida](/source/Galeommatida). These bivalves are sometimes called "kelly clams", because one of the genera in this family is *[Kellia](/source/Kellia_(bivalve))*.

## Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Lasaeidae include:

- *[Aligena](/source/Aligena)* I. Lea, 1843 - *[Aligena diegoana](/source/Aligena_diegoana)* [Hertlein](/source/Leo_George_Hertlein) and [Grant](/source/Ulysses_S._Grant_IV), 1972 - *[Aligena elevata](/source/Aligena_elevata)* (Stimpson, 1851) - *[Aligena texasiana](/source/Aligena_texasiana)* Harry, 1969
- *[Arthritica](/source/Arthritica)* Finlay, 1927 - *[Arthritica bifurca](/source/Arthritica_bifurca)* (Webster, 1908) - *[Arthritica crassiformis](/source/Arthritica_crassiformis)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1933 - *[Arthritica hulmei](/source/Arthritica_hulmei)* [Ponder](/source/Winston_Ponder), 1965
- *[Boreacola](/source/Boreacola)* Bernard, 1979 - *[Boreacola dawsoni](/source/Boreacola_dawsoni)* (Jeffreys, 1864) - *[Boreacola vadosus](/source/Boreacola_vadosus)* Bernard, 1979
- *[Bornia](/source/Bornia)* [Philippi](/source/Rodolfo_Amando_Philippi), 1836 - *[Bornia longipes](/source/Bornia_longipes)* (Stimpson, 1855) - *[Bornia sebetia](/source/Bornia_sebetia)* Costa, 1829
- *[Borniola](/source/Borniola)* [Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1924 - *[Borniola bidentifera](/source/Borniola_bidentifera)* ([Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1933) - *[Borniola decapitata](/source/Borniola_decapitata)* ([Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1939) - *[Borniola neozelanica](/source/Borniola_neozelanica)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1937 - *[Borniola powelli](/source/Borniola_powelli)* Crozier, 1966 - *[Borniola profunda](/source/Borniola_profunda)* ([Dell](/source/Richard_Dell), 1952) - *[Borniola quadrata](/source/Borniola_quadrata)* ([Dell](/source/Richard_Dell), 1956) - *[Borniola reniformis](/source/Borniola_reniformis)* ([Suter](/source/Henry_Suter), 1908) - *[Borniola taieriensis](/source/Borniola_taieriensis)* ([Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1939)
- *[Borniopsis](/source/Borniopsis)* Habe, 1959
- *[Decipula](/source/Decipula)* Jeffreys, 1881 - *[Decipula tenella](/source/Decipula_tenella)* (Loven, 1846)
- *[Entovalva](/source/Entovalva)* Voeltzkow, 1890 - *[Entovalva amboinensis](/source/Entovalva_amboinensis)* (Spärck, 1931) - *[Entovalva lessonothuriae](/source/Entovalva_lessonothuriae)* Kato, 1999 - *[Entovalva mirabilis](/source/Entovalva_mirabilis)* Voeltzkow, 1890 - *[Entovalva nhatrangensis](/source/Entovalva_nhatrangensis)* Bristow, Berland, Schander & Vo, 2010 - *[Entovalva perrieri](/source/Entovalva_perrieri)* (Malard, 1903)
- *[Erycina](/source/Erycina_(bivalve))* [Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck), 1805 - *[Erycina balliana](/source/Erycina_balliana)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1916 - *[Erycina coronata](/source/Erycina_coronata)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1916 - *[Erycina emmonsi](/source/Erycina_emmonsi)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Erycina linella](/source/Erycina_linella)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Erycina periscopiana](/source/Erycina_periscopiana)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899
- *[Isorobitella](/source/Isorobitella)* Keen, 1962 - *[Isorobitella trigonalis](/source/Isorobitella_trigonalis)* ([Carpenter](/source/Phillip_Pearsall_Carpenter), 1857)
- *[Kellia](/source/Kellia_(bivalve))* [Turton](/source/William_Turton), 1822 - *[Kellia cycladea](/source/Kellia_cycladea)* S. V. Wood, 1844 - *[Kellia cycladiformis](/source/Kellia_cycladiformis)* [Deshayes](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Paul_Deshayes), 1834 - *[Kellia minima](/source/Kellia_minima)* [Ponder](/source/Winston_Ponder), 1971 - *[Kellia suborbicularis](/source/Kellia_suborbicularis)* ([Montagu](/source/George_Montagu_(naturalist)), 1803)
- *[Lasaea](/source/Lasaea_(bivalve))* T. Brown, 1827 - *[Lasaea adansoni](/source/Lasaea_adansoni)* ([Gmelin](/source/Johann_Friedrich_Gmelin), 1791) - *[Lasaea cistula](/source/Lasaea_cistula)* Keen, 1938 - *[Lasaea maoria](/source/Lasaea_maoria)* ([Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1933) - *[Lasaea parengaensis](/source/Lasaea_parengaensis)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1935 - *[Lasaea rubra](/source/Lasaea_rubra)* ([Montagu](/source/George_Montagu_(naturalist)), 1803) - *[Lasaea rubra hinemoa](/source/Lasaea_rubra_hinemoa)* Finlay, 1928 - *[Lasaea rubra rossiana](/source/Lasaea_rubra_rossiana)* Finlay, 1928 - *[Lasaea subviridis](/source/Lasaea_subviridis)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899
- *[Lepton](/source/Lepton_(bivalve))* [Turton](/source/William_Turton), 1822 - *[Lepton lacerum](/source/Lepton_lacerum)* (Jeffreys, 1872) - *[Lepton lepidum](/source/Lepton_lepidum)* [Say](/source/Thomas_Say), 1826 - *[Lepton meroeum](/source/Lepton_meroeum)* [Carpenter](/source/Phillip_Pearsall_Carpenter), 1864 - *[Lepton nitidum](/source/Lepton_nitidum)* - *[Lepton squamosum](/source/Lepton_squamosum)* ([Montagu](/source/George_Montagu_(naturalist)), 1803)
- *[Mancikellia](/source/Mancikellia)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Mancikellia pumila](/source/Mancikellia_pumila)* (S. V. Wood, 1850)
- *[Melliteryx](/source/Melliteryx)* [Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1924 - *[Melliteryx parva](/source/Melliteryx_parva)* [Deshayes](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Paul_Deshayes), 1856
- *[Montacuta](/source/Montacuta)* [Turton](/source/William_Turton), 1822 - *[Montacuta dawsoni](/source/Montacuta_dawsoni)* Jeffreys, 1864 - *[Montacuta donacina](/source/Montacuta_donacina)* (S. V. Wood, 1802) - *[Montacuta elevata](/source/Montacuta_elevata)* - *[Montacuta ferruginosa](/source/Montacuta_ferruginosa)* - *[Montacuta limpida](/source/Montacuta_limpida)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Montacuta minuscula](/source/Montacuta_minuscula)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Montacuta percompressa](/source/Montacuta_percompressa)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Montacuta planata](/source/Montacuta_planata)* - *[Montacuta semiradiata neozelanica](/source/Montacuta_semiradiata_neozelanica)* ([Dell](/source/Richard_Dell), 1956) - *[Montacuta substriata](/source/Montacuta_substriata)* ([Montagu](/source/George_Montagu_(naturalist)), 1808) - *[Montacuta voringi](/source/Montacuta_voringi)* Friele, 1877
- *[Myllita](/source/Myllita)* [d'Orbigny](/source/D'Orbigny) and Récluz, 1850 - *[Myllita stowei](/source/Myllita_stowei)* ([Hutton](/source/Frederick_Hutton_(scientist)), 1873)
- *[Myllitella](/source/Myllitella)* Finlay, 1927 - *[Myllitella vivens vivens](/source/Myllitella_vivens_vivens)* Finlay, 1927 - *[Myllitella vivens pinguis](/source/Myllitella_vivens_pinguis)* [Marwick](/source/John_Marwick), 1928
- *[Mysella](/source/Mysella)* [Angas](/source/George_French_Angas), 1877 - *[Mysella aleutica](/source/Mysella_aleutica)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Mysella alpha](/source/Mysella_alpha)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1937 - *[Mysella aupouria](/source/Mysella_aupouria)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1937 - *[Mysella beringensis](/source/Mysella_beringensis)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1916) - *[Mysella beta](/source/Mysella_beta)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1937 - *[Mysella bidentata](/source/Mysella_bidentata)* - *[Mysella casta](/source/Mysella_casta)* (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898) - *[Mysella charcoti](/source/Mysella_charcoti)* (Lamy, 1906) - *[Mysella compressa](/source/Mysella_compressa)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1913) - *[Mysella dawsoni](/source/Mysella_dawsoni)* (Jeffreys, 1864) - *[Mysella golischi](/source/Mysella_golischi)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1916) - *[Mysella grebnitzkii](/source/Mysella_grebnitzkii)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1916) - *[Mysella grippi](/source/Mysella_grippi)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1912) - *[Mysella henryi](/source/Mysella_henryi)* Fleming, 1948 - *[Mysella hounselli](/source/Mysella_hounselli)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1931 - *[Mysella lachlani](/source/Mysella_lachlani)* [Dell](/source/Richard_Dell), 1952 - *[Mysella larochei](/source/Mysella_larochei)* [Powell](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), 1940 - *[Mysella macquariensis](/source/Mysella_macquariensis)* (Hedley, 1916) - *[Mysella moelleri](/source/Mysella_moelleri)* ([Mörch](/source/Otto_Andreas_Lowson_M%C3%B6rch), 1875) - *[Mysella morioria](/source/Mysella_morioria)* [Dell](/source/Richard_Dell), 1952 - *[Mysella ovata](/source/Mysella_ovata)* (Jeffreys, 1881) - *[Mysella pedroana](/source/Mysella_pedroana)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Mysella planata](/source/Mysella_planata)* (Krause, 1885) - *[Mysella planulata](/source/Mysella_planulata)* (Stimpson, 1851) - *[Mysella sovialiki](/source/Mysella_sovialiki)* - *[Mysella striatula](/source/Mysella_striatula)* A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - *[Mysella tellinula](/source/Mysella_tellinula)* ([Odhner](/source/Nils_Hjalmar_Odhner), 1924) - *[Mysella triquetra](/source/Mysella_triquetra)* (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898) - *[Mysella tumida](/source/Mysella_tumida)* ([Carpenter](/source/Phillip_Pearsall_Carpenter), 1864) - *[Mysella tumidula](/source/Mysella_tumidula)* (Jeffreys, 1866) - *[Mysella unidentata](/source/Mysella_unidentata)* ([Odhner](/source/Nils_Hjalmar_Odhner), 1924)
- *[Neaeromya](/source/Neaeromya)* Gabe, 1873 - *[Neaeromya chacei](/source/Neaeromya_chacei)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1916) - *[Neaeromya compressa](/source/Neaeromya_compressa)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899) - *[Neaeromya floridana](/source/Neaeromya_floridana)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899) - *[Neaeromya myaciformis](/source/Neaeromya_myaciformis)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1916) - *[Neaeromya rugifera](/source/Neaeromya_rugifera)* ([Carpenter](/source/Phillip_Pearsall_Carpenter), 1864) - *[Neaeromya stearnsi](/source/Neaeromya_stearnsi)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899)
- *[Odontogena](/source/Odontogena)* [Cowan](/source/Ian_McTaggart-Cowan), 1964 - *[Odontogena borealis](/source/Odontogena_borealis)* [Cowan](/source/Ian_McTaggart-Cowan), 1964
- *[Orobitella](/source/Orobitella)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1900 - *[Orobitella bakeri](/source/Orobitella_bakeri)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1916) - *[Orobitella californica](/source/Orobitella_californica)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899) - *[Orobitella floridana](/source/Orobitella_floridana)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899) - *[Orobitella limpida](/source/Orobitella_limpida)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899)
- *[Parabornia](/source/Parabornia)* Boss, 1965 - *[Parabornia squillina](/source/Parabornia_squillina)* Boss, 1965
- *[Planktomya](/source/Planktomya)* Simroth, 1896 - *[Planktomya henseni](/source/Planktomya_henseni)* Simroth, 1896
- *[Platomysia](/source/Platomysia)* Habe, 1951 - *[Platomysia rugata](/source/Platomysia_rugata)* Habe, 1951
- *[Pristes](/source/Pristes)* [Carpenter](/source/Phillip_Pearsall_Carpenter), 1864 - *[Pristes oblongus](/source/Chiton_clam)* [Carpenter](/source/Phillip_Pearsall_Carpenter), 1864 – chiton clam
- *[Pseudopythina](/source/Pseudopythina)* P. Fischer, 1884
- *[Pythinella](/source/Pythinella)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899 - *[Pythinella cuneata](/source/Pythinella_cuneata)* (A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898)
- *[Rhamphidonta](/source/Rhamphidonta)* Bernard, 1975 - *[Rhamphidonta retifera](/source/Netted_kellyclam)* ([Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1899) – netted kellyclam
- *[Rochefortia](/source/Rochefortia_(bivalve))* Velain, 1878 - *[Rochefortia compressa](/source/Rochefortia_compressa)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1913 - *[Rochefortia grippi](/source/Rochefortia_grippi)* [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1912 - *[Rochefortia tumida](/source/Rochefortia_tumida)* ([Carpenter](/source/Phillip_Pearsall_Carpenter), 1864)
- *[Semierycina](/source/Semierycina)* [Monterosato](/source/Tommaso_Di_Maria_Allery_Monterosato), 1911 - *[Semierycina nitida](/source/Semierycina_nitida)* ([Turton](/source/William_Turton), 1822) - *[Semierycina tenera](/source/Semierycina_tenera)* (Jeffreys, 1881)
- *[Tellimya](/source/Tellimya)* Brown, 1827 - *[Tellimya ferruginosa](/source/Tellimya_ferruginosa)* ([Montagu](/source/George_Montagu_(naturalist)), 1803) - *[Tellimya phascolionis](/source/Tellimya_phascolionis)* (Dautzenberg and Fischer, 1925) - *[Tellimya vitrea aupouria](/source/Tellimya_vitrea_aupouria)* [Ponder](/source/Winston_Ponder), 1968
- *[Tomburchus](/source/Tomburchus)* W. H. Harry, 1969 - *[Tomburchus redondoensis](/source/Tomburchus_redondoensis)* (Burch, 1941)

## References

- [Powell A. W. B.](/source/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell), *New Zealand Mollusca*, [William Collins Publishers Ltd](/source/HarperCollins), Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- [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](http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v31/2011f/n2p124.pdf)

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