# List of marine molluscs of Ireland (Bivalvia)

This is a list of the marine bivalves recorded from Ireland. It is part of the List of marine molluscs of Ireland. The list includes species from the continental margin (200–500m), bathyal zone (500–2000m), and abyssal zone (2000–4000m), in the Rockall Basin, Porcupine Seabight, and Celtic Sea.
Taxonomy follows Taxonomy of the Bivalvia (Bouchet, Rocroi, Bieler, Carter & Coan, 2010).
CLASS BIVALVIA LINNAEUS, 1758
SUBCLASS PROTOBRANCHIA
Order Nuculoida Dall, 1889
Superfamily Nuculoidea J. E. Gray, 1824
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* Family Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824
** Brevinucula verrilli (Dall, 1886)
** Ennucula corbuloides (Seguenza, 1877)
** Ennucula granulosa (Verrill, 1884)
** Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)
** Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939
** Nucula hanleyi Winckworth, 1931
** Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930
** Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831
** Nucula tumidula Malm, 1861
Superfamily Pristiglomoidea Sanders & Allen, 1973
Order Nuculanoida Carter, Campbell & Campbell, 2000
Superfamily Nuculanoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
* Family Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 pars Yoldiidae
** Ledella messanensis (Jeffreys, 1870)
** Ledella pustulosa (Jeffreys, 1876)
** Ledella ultima (E A Smith, 1885)
** Microgloma pusilla (Jeffreys, 1879)
** Microgloma tumidula (Monterosato, 1880)
** Nuculana minuta (Müller, 1776)
** Nuculana pernula (Müller, 1779)
** Yoldiella curta Verrill & Bush, 1898
** Yoldiella fabula Allen, Sanders & Hannah, 1995
** Yoldiella incala Allen, Sanders & Hannah, 1995
** Yoldiella insculpta (Jeffreys, 1879)
** Yoldiella jeffreysi (Hidalgo, 1877)
** Yoldiella lucida (Lovén, 1846)
** Yoldiella nana (M Sars, 1865)
** Yoldiella philippiana (Nyst, 1844)
** Yoldiella thaerella Killeen & Turner, 2009
** Yoldiella valorousae Killeen & Turner, 2009
* Family Malletiidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
** Katadesmia cuneata (Jeffreys, 1876)
** Malletia johnsoni Clark, 1961
* Family Neilonellidae Schileyko, 1989
** Neilonella latior (Jeffreys, 1876)
* Family Siliculidae Allen & Sanders, 1973
** Silicula fragilis Jeffreys, 1879
* Family Bathyspinulidae Coan & Scott, 1997
** Bathyspinula subexcisa (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
** Bathyspinula filatovae (Knudsen 1967)
* Family Lametilidae Allen & Sanders, 1973
** Lametila abyssorum Allen & Sanders, 1973
AUTOLAMELLIBRANCHIATA Grobben, 1894
SUBCLASS PTERIOMORPHA Beurlen, 1944
Order Arcoida Stoliczka, 1870
Superfamily Arcoidea Lamarck, 1809
* Family Arcidae Lamarck, 1809
** Arca tetragona Poli, 1795
** Asperarca nodulosa (Müller, 1776)
** Bathyarca inaequisculpta (E A Smith, 1885)
** Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835)
** Bathyarca philippiana (Nyst, 1848)
** Bentharca asperula (Dall 1881)
* Family Glycymerididae Dall, 1908
** Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Family Noetiidae Steward, 1930
** Striarca lactea (Linnaeus, 1758) Possible
Superfamily Limopsoidea Dall, 1895
Order Mytiloida Férussac, 1822
Superfamily Mytiloidea Rafinesque, 1815
Order Pterioida Newell, 1965
Superfamily Pterioidea J. E. Clay, 1847 [1820]
Superfamily Ostreoidea Rafinesque, 1815
** Family Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
** Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)
** Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758
** Dendrostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) Loher Beach, Waterville, County Kerry (2013), Cross Beach, Mullet Peninsula, County Mayo
* Family Gryphaeidae Vyalov, 1936
** Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
Superfamily Pinnoidea Leach, 1819
Order Limoida Waller, 1978
Superfamily Limoidea d'Orbigny, 1846
Order Pectinoida H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
Superfamily Pectinoidea Rafinesque, 1815
* Family Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815
** Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Chlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791)
** Hyalopecten pudicus (E A Smith, 1885)
** Palliolum incomparabile (Risso, 1826)
** Palliolum striatum (Müller, 1776)
** Palliolum tigerinum (Müller, 1776)
** Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771)
** Karnekampia sulcata (Müller, 1776)
* Family Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954
** Catillopecten eucymatus (Dall 1898)
** Cyclopecten ambiannulatus Schein, 1989 Porcupine Sea Bight, Bay of Biscay
** Cyclopecten hoskynsi (Forbes, 1844)
** Parvamussium permirum (Dautzenberg, 1925) Porcupine Sea Bight
** Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys in Thomson, 1873)
** Similipecten oskarssoni Dijkstra & Warén, 2009
** Similipecten similis (Laskey, 1811)
Superfamily Anomioidea Rafinesque, 1815
SUBCLASS HETEROCONCHIA Hertwig, 1895 HETERODONTA Neumayr, 1883
Order Carditoida Dall, 1889
Superfamily Crassatelloidea Ferussac, 1822
Superfamily Thyasiroidea Dall, 1900
Order Anomalodesmata Dall, 1889
Superfamily Pandoroidea Rafinesque, 1815
* Family Pandoridae Rafinesque, 1815
** Pandora inaequivalvis (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Pandora pinna (Montagu, 1803)
* Family Lyonsiidae P. Fischer, 1887
** Allogramma formosa (Jeffreys, 1882)
** Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
Superfamily Thracioidea Stoliczka, 1870
* Family Periplomatidae Dall, 1895
** Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
** Cochlodesma tenerum Fischer, 1882 Rockall Trough.
* Family Thraciidae Stoliczka, 1870
** Thracia convexa (W Wood, 1815)
** Thracia distorta (Montagu, 1803)
** Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)
** Thracia pubescens (Pulteney, 1799)
** Thracia villosiuscula (Macgillivray, 1827)
SUBCLASS SEPTIBRANCHIA Pelseneer, 1888
Superfamily Verticordioidea Stoliczka, 1871
* Family Verticordiidae Stoliczka, 1870
** Halicardia flexuosa (Verrill & Smith, 1881) bathyal and abyssal
** Lyonsiella abyssicola G O Sars, 1872 bathyal and abyssal
** Lyonsiella subquadrata (Jeffreys, 1882)
** Policordia atlantica Allen & Turner, 1974 Porcupine Sea Bight
** Policordia gemma (Verrill, 1880)
** Spinosipella acuticostata (Philippia, 1844) Porcupine sea bank and margins of the Bay of Biscay
** Verticordia triangularis (Locard, 1898) abyssal
* Family Poromyidae Dall, 1886
** Cetoconcha bulla (Dall, 1881) Porcupine
** Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839)
** Cetomya tornata (Jeffreys, 1876) Porcupine Sea Bight
* Family Cuspidariidae Dall, 1886
** Cardiomya cadiziana Huber, 2010 Biscay Basin
** Cardiomya costellata (Deshayes, 1835)
** Cardiomya knudseni Allen & Morgan, 1981 Porcupine Sea Bight
** Cardiomya striata (Jeffreys, 1876) bathyal
** Cuspidaria cuspidata (Olivi, 1792)
** Cuspidaria lamellosa (G O Sars, 1872) Atlantic margin
** Cuspidaria obesa (Lovén, 1846)
** Cuspidaria parva Verrill & Bush, 1898 Rockall Trough and Biscay Basin
** Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)
** Cuspidaria undata Verrill, 1884 Porcupine
** Halonympha inflata (Jeffreys, 1882) Known only from the original Porcupine material collected in the Biscay Basin
** Myonera alleni Poutiers & Bernard, 1995 Bay of Biscay, Porcupine Sea Bight and Rockall Trough
** Myonera demistriata Allen & Morgan, 1981 Rockall Trough
** Myonera sulcifera (Jeffreys, 1882) Porcupine
** Pseudoneara truncata Jeffreys, 1882 Biscay
** Protocuspidaria atlantica Allen & Morgan, 1981 Porcupine Sea Bight and Biscay.
** Protocuspidaria simplis Allen & Morgan, 1981 Porcupine Sea Bight
** Rhinoclama notabilis (Jeffreys, 1876) abyssal
** Tropidomya abbreviata (Forbes, 1843)
Order Veneroida H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
Superfamily Lucinoidea Fleming, 1828
Superfamily Galeommatoidea J. E. Gray, 1840
* Family Basterotiidae Cossman, 1909
** Atopomya dolobrata Oliver 2013 Wyville-Thomson Ridge and from the Porcupine Sea Bight
* Family Lasaeidae J. E. Gray, 1842
** Lasaea adansoni (Gmelin, 1791)
* Family Leptonidae J. E. Gray, 1847
** Lepton squamosum (Montagu, 1803)
* Family Kelliidae Forbes & Hanley, 1849
** Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)
** Hemilepton nitidum (Turton, 1822)
* Family Montacutidae W. Clark, 1855
** Coracuta obliquata (Chaster, 1897)
** Devonia perrieri (Malard, 1904)
** Draculamya porobranchiata Oliver & Lutzen, 2011 bathyal
** Epilepton clarkiae (Clark, 1852)
** Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)
** Kurtiella tumidula (Jeffreys, 1866)
** Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808)
** Scacchia tenera Jeffreys, 1881 bathyal and abyssal
** Syssitomya pourtalesiana Oliver, 2012
** Tellimya ferruginosa Montagu, 1808
Superfamily Hiatelloidea J. E. Gray, 1824
Superfamily Gastrochaenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840
Superfamily Arcticoidea R. B. Newton, 1891
Superfamily Ungulinoidea H. Adams & A. Adams
Superfamily Glossoidea J. E. Gray, 1847 [1840]
* Family Glossidae J. E. Gray, 1847 [1840]
** Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Family Kelliellidae P. Fischer, 1887
** Kelliella miliaris (Philippi, 1844)
* Family Vesicomyidae Dall & Simpson, 190
** Vesicomya atlantica (E A Smith, 1885) bathyal and abyssal
** Isorropodon mackayi Oliver & Drewery, 2014 Known only from a single location in the Hatton-Rockall Basin.
Superfamily Cardioidea Lamarck, 1809
Superfamily Veneroidea Rafinesque, 1815
* Family Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
** Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
** Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778)
** Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803)
** Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791)
** Tapes corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
** Tapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Tapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777)
** Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777)
** Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758
** Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
* Family Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831
** Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)
* Family Turtoniidae Clark 1855
** Turtonia minuta (Fabricius, 1780)
* Family Neoleptonidae Thiele, 1934
** Arculus sykesi (Chaster, 1895)
** Neolepton sulcatulum (Jeffreys, 1859)
Superfamily Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814
* Family Tellinidae Blainville, 1814
** Arcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777)
** Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Tellina fabula Gmelin, 1791
** Tellina incarnata Linnaeus, 1758
** Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758
** Tellina pygmaea Lovén, 1846
** Tellina tenuis da Costa, 1778
* Family Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828
** Donax variegata (Gmelin, 1791)
** Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778)
* Family Psammobiidae J. Fleming, 1828
** Gari costulata (Turton, 1822)
** Gari depressa (Pennant, 1777)
** Gari fervensis (Gmelin, 1791)
** Gari tellinella (Lamarck, 1818)
* Family Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870
** Abra alba (W Wood, 1802)
** Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
** Abra nitida (Müller, 1776)
** Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
** Abra profundorum (E A Smith, 1885) abyssal
** Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
** Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803)
** Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
* Family Solecurtidae d'Orbigny, 1846
** Azorinus chamasolen (da Costa, 1778)
** Solecurtus candidus (Brocchi, 1814)
** Solecurtus scopula (Turton, 1822)
Superfamily Solenoidea Lamarck, 1809
* Family Solenidae Lamarck, 1809
** Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799
* Family Pharidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
** Ensis magnus (Schumacher, 1817)
** Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Pharus legumen (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
Superfamily Mactroidea Lamarck, 1809
Order Myoida Stoliczka, 1870
Superfamily Myoidea Lamarck, 1809
* Family Myidae Lamarck, 1809
** Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
** Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
** Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822
* Family Corbulidae Lamarck, 1818
** Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Superfamily Pholadoidea Lamarck, 1809
* Family Pholadidae Lamarck, 1809
** Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Barnea parva (Pennant, 1777)
** Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
** Pholadidea loscombiana Turton, 1819
** Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
** Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Family Teredinidae Rafinesque, 1815
** Bankia bipennata (Turton, 1819)
** Bankia gouldi (Bartsch, 1908)
** Nototeredo norvagica (Spengler, 1792)
** Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)
** Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758
** Teredora malleolus (Turton, 1822)
** Uperotus lieberkindi (Roch, 1931)
* Family Xylophagaidae 1941
** Xylophaga dorsalis (Turton, 1819)
** Xylophaga gagei Harvey, 1996