Petricola

Petricola
Two shells of Petricola lajonkairii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Petricolidae
Genus: Petricola
Lamarck, 1801
Species

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Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Petricolidae, which is related to the large family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

Species

According to the database World register of Marine Species [1] species within the genus Petricola include:

  • Petricola brugieri Hanley
  • Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998
  • Petricola inversa Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001
  • Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Petricola lithophaga (Philippson, 1788)
  • Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818
  • Petricola robusta Sowerby

The following names were found in other databases :

    • Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 [2]
    • Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [3]
    • Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) [4]
    • Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 [5]
    • Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948 [6]

References

  1. ↑ Gofas, S. (2009). Petricola Lamarck, 1801. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138332 on 2010-06-08
  2. ↑ Sealifebase
  3. ↑ Sealife base
  4. ↑ Sealifebase
  5. ↑ Sealifebase
  6. ↑ Catalogue of Life
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