Gryphaeidae

Gryphaeidae Temporal range: Early Triassic to Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Specimens of Gryphaea articulata from the Jurassic of France
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreida
Superfamily:	Ostreoidea
Family:	Gryphaeidae Vyalov, 1936
Genera
See text

The Gryphaeidae,

, however the number of living species is very few.

All species have shells cemented to a substrate. Shells are considered brittle, inequivalve, with the left, lower (cemented) valve convex and the right (upper, non-cemented) valve flat or slightly concave.^[2]

Subfamilies

Genera and species within this family are divided into three subfamilies, Exogyrinae, Gryphaeinae and Pycnodonteinae. Both Exogyrinae and Gryphaeinae are completely extinct. Only two genera

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Gryphaeidae include: Family Gryphaeidae Vialov, 1936 (some genera also known as Devil's toenails)

• Subfamily †Exogyrinae Vialov, 1936
  • Genus †Aetostreon Bayle, 1878
  • Genus †Amphidonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1829
  • Genus †Costagyra Vialov, 1936
  • Genus †Exogyra Say, 1820
  • Genus †Fluctogyra Vialov, 1936
  • Genus †Gryphaeostrea Conrad, 1865
  • Genus †Gyrostrea Mirkamalov, 1963
  • Genus †Ilymatogyra Stenzel, 1971
  • Genus †Nanogyra Beurlen, 1958
  • Genus †Nutogyra Vialov, 1936
  • Genus †Planospirites Lamarck, 1801
  • Genus †Vultogryphaea Vialov, 1936
• Subfamily †Gryphaeinae Vialov, 1936
  • Genus †Africogryphaea Freneix, 1963
  • Genus †Deltoideum Rollier, 1917
  • Genus †
    Lamarck
    , 1801
  • Genus †Liostrea DouvillŽ, 1904
  • Genus †Pernostrea Munier-Chalmas, 1864
  • Genus †Praeexogyra Charles, 1952
• Subfamily Pycnodonteinae Stenzel, 1959
  • Genus †Gigantostrea (Sacco, 1897)
  • Genus Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971
  • Genus †Labrostrea Vialov, 1936
  • Genus Neopycnodonte Stenzel, 1971
  • Genus †Pycnodonte (Fischer von Waldheim, 1835)
  • Genus †Texigryphaea Stenzel, 1959
• Subfamily Incertae sedis
  • Genus †Rhynchostreon Bayle, 1878

References

Wikispecies has information related to Gryphaeidae.

1. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyx018
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2. ISBN 978-2-7592-0107-5
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3. ^ "Fossilworks: Gryphaeidae". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
4. ^ "Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971". WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
5. ISSN 0031-0204
   . Retrieved November 4, 2021.

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