Family GALEOMMATIDAE J. Gray, 1840

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Introduction

Much confusion exist regarding the delineations between galeommatoidean families and there is scant consensus regarding which genera to include in each of the two families used herein. Hence, only a few newer works are referred to as general references.
2016: Huber (2015) has split the family into numerous subfamilies, while WoRMS has raised some of the subfamilies to family status. On the advice of W. Ponder and due to the general uncertainty about the group, the existing taxonomic structure in the AFD has not been changed to reflect either WoRMS or Huber's changes.

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part A) pp. xvi, 1-563. [316-318] (includes Lasaeidae, not followed herein)

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 (classification followed herein)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [150]

Lützen, J. & Nielsen, C. 2005. Galeommatid bivalves from Phuket, Thailand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144: 261-308

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