NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Vesicomyidae
  Superfamily - Glossoidea
  Order - Veneroida
  Subclass - Heterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Vesicomya ovalis
      Species - Vesicomya stearnsii
      Species - Vesicomya vesica
      Species - Vesicomya smithii
      Species - Vesicomya pilula
      Species - Vesicomya lepta
      Species - Vesicomya gigas
      Species - Vesicomya bruuni
      Species - Vesicomya cordata
      Species - Vesicomya leeana
      Species - Vesicomya angulata
      Species - Vesicomya caribbea
      Species - Vesicomya atlantica