Family: MALLEIDAE [Hammer oysters] J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1819

(3-7-8-3-5-9-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 302
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 25
Keen, 1971 p 80
Lindner, 1977 p 102
Vokes, 1980 p 45,227
Syn. VULSELLIDAE H. & A. Adams, 1857
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 441
Vaught, 1989 p xi,117