Familia Thraciidae

Stoliczka, 1870

Shell inequivalve, right valve slightly larger or more convex than left one, inequilateral. Ligament external and internal, the latter in a triangular chondrophore; supported by a lithodesma, a short calcified peg fitting into a notch anterior to chondrophore. No hinge teeth. Pallial line with a sinus.

Source: Hayward, 1990.

The following subtaxa of this family occur in the region:

Genus Thracia
Thracia convexa
Thracia distorta
Thracia papyracea
Thracia villosiuscula

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