Biology:Crenatula

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Crenatula
Crenatula picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pteriida
Family:	Pteriidae
Genus:	Crenatula Lamarck, 1803
Species
Crenatula avicularis F. Stoliczka, 1871 Crenatula flammea L. A. Reeve, 1858 Crenatula modiolaris J. B. Lamarck, 1819 Crenatula nakayamai T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 Crenatula nigrina J. B. Lamarck, 1819 Crenatula picta (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Dalacia Gray, 1825

Crenatula is a genus in the family Pteriidae.

References

• Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342

External links

• Crenatula at Biolib.cz
• Crenatula at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Wikidata ☰ Q13170110 entry