''Petricola'' is a
genus
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of saltwater
clam
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s,
marine bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the subfamily
Petricolinae of the family
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus (mythology), Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and m ...
, the Venus clams.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Petricola Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138332 on 2022-01-02]
Species
According to the
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species
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within the genus ''Petricola'' include:
* ''
Petricola aequistriata''
G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
* ''
Petricola angolensis''
Cosel, 1995
* ''
Petricola bicolor''
G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
* ''
Petricola botula''
Olsson, 1961
* ''
Petricola californiensis''
Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932
* ''
Petricola carditoides''
(Conrad
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, 1837)
* ''
Petricola concinna''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
* ''
Petricola dactylus''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1823)
* ''
Petricola denticulata''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
* ''
Petricola divergens''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Petricola exarata''
(Carpenter, 1857)
* ''
Petricola fabagella''
Lamarck, 1818
* ''
Petricola habei''
M. Huber, 2010
* ''
Petricola hertzana''
Coan, 1997
* ''
Petricola insignis''
(Deshayes, 1854)
* ''
Petricola inversa''
Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001
* ''
Petricola japonica''
Dunker, 1882
* ''
Petricola lapicida''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Petricola linguafelis''
(Carpenter, 1857)
* ''
Petricola lithophaga''
(Philippson, 1788)
* ''
Petricola monstrosa''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Petricola olssoni''
F. R. Bernard, 1983
* ''
Petricola quadrasi''
(Hidalgo, 1886)
* ''
Petricola rugosa''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
* ''
Petricola scotti''
Coan, 1997
;Synonyms:
* ''Petricola brugieri''
Hanley : synonym of ''
Venerupis bruguieri''
(Hanley, 1845)
* ''Petricola donnae''
Petuch, 1998 : synonym of ''
Petricolaria donnae''
(Petuch, 1998)
* ''Petricola lajonkairii''
(Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of ''
Lajonkairia lajonkairii
''Lajonkairia lajonkairii'' is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
''
(Payraudeau, 1826)
* ''Petricola lucasana''
Herlein and Strong, 1948:
Catalogue of Life
/ref> synonym of ''Petricola insignis'' (Deshayes, 1854)
* ''Petricola pholadiformis'' Lamarck, 1818: synonym of '' Petricolaria pholadiformis'' (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
* ''Petricola robusta'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1834: synonym of '' Choristodon robustus'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (original combination)
References
* Habe, T. 1951. Petricolidae, Cardiliidae and Anatinellidae in Japan. In: Kuroda, T. (ed.) Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells.
* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
External links
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp
Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402
Fleuriau [de] Bellevue (L.B.) 1802. Mémoire sur quelques nouveaux genres de mollusques et vers lithophages, et sur les facultés qu'ont ces animaux de percer le rochers. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts (Paris), 54: 345-369
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
Veneridae
Bivalve genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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