Biology:Petricolidae
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Short description: Family of bivalves
| Petricolidae | |
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| A whole shell of Petricolaria pholadiformis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | Veneroida
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| Superfamily: | Veneroidea
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| Family: | Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831
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The Petricolidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams. Some authors include these genera within the Veneridae as the subfamily Petricolinae.
Genera and species
Genera and species in the family Petricolidae include:
- Choristodon Jonas, 1844
- Choristodon robustum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Cooperella Carpenter, 1864
- Cooperella atlantica Rehder, 1943
- Cooperella subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864)
- Mysia Lamarck, 1818
- Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)
- Petricola Lamarck, 1801
- Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870
- Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802
- Rupellaria cancellata (Verrill, 1885)
- Rupellaria denticulata (Sowerby, 1834)
- Rupellaria tellimyalis (Carpenter, 1864)
References
Wikidata ☰ Q2624263 entry
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