Scissodesma

Scissodesma
Scissodesma angolensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Mactroidea
Family:	Mactridae
Subfamily:	Mactrinae
Genus:	Scissodesma Gray, 1837
Type species
Mactra spengleri Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
Schizodesma of Gray, 1838 · unaccep (incorrect subsequent spelling) Scissodesma (Crepispisula) Eames, 1957 · alternate representation Scissodesma (Scissodesma) Gray, 1837 · alternate representation † Spisula (Crepispisula) Eames, 1957

Scissodesma is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae.

The species of this genus are found in Africa.

Species:

• Scissodesma acutissima (Cosel, 1995)
• Scissodesma (Crepispisula) amekiensis (Eames, 1957)
• Scissodesma angolensis (Cosel, 1995)
• Scissodesma micronitida (Cosel, 1995)
• Scissodesma nitida (Gmelin, 1791)
• Scissodesma spengleri (Linnaeus, 1767)

References

• Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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• Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. Magazine of Natural History, N.S. 1: 370-376.
• Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219.
• Eames, F. E. 1957. Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria: a revision. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 3:23–70, pls. 5–10