Petricolinae is a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s related to the large 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 ...
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:
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Asaphinoides''
F. Hodson, 1931
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Asaphinoides cantauranus''
(F. Hodson, 1931)
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Asaphinoides madreporicus''
(Jousseaume, 1895)
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Choristodon''
Jonas, 1844
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Choristodon cancellatus''
Verrill, 1885
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Choristodon robustus''
( G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
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Cooperella''
P. P. Carpenter, 1864
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Cooperella atlantica''
Rehder, 1943
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Cooperella riosi''
M. Huber, 2010
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Cooperella subdiaphana''
(P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
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Lajonkairia''
Deshayes, 1855
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Lajonkairia cancellata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
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Lajonkairia digitalis''
(E. A. Smith, 1916)
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Lajonkairia divaricata''
(Lischke, 1872)
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Lajonkairia elegans''
(H. Adams, 1870)
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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: ...
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(Payraudeau, 1826)
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Lajonkairia rupestris''
(Brocchi, 1814)
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Lajonkairia substriata''
(Montagu, 1808)
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Mysia
Mysia (UK , US or ; ; ; ) was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian part of modern Turkey). It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded by Bithynia on the east, Phrygia on the southeast, Lyd ...
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Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1818
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Mysia marchali''
Cosel, 1995
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Mysia pellucida''
(Tate, 1891)
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Mysia undata''
( Pennant, 1777)
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Petricola''
Lamarck, 1801
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Petricola aequistriata''
G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
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Petricola angolensis''
Cosel, 1995
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Petricola bicolor''
G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
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Petricola botula''
Olsson, 1961
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Petricola californiensis''
Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
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Petricola carditoides''
(Conrad, 1837)
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Petricola concinna''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
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Petricola dactylus''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
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Petricola denticulata''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
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Petricola divergens''
(Gmelin, 1791)
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Petricola exarata''
(P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
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Petricola fabagella''
Lamarck, 1818
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Petricola habei''
M. Huber, 2010
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Petricola hertzana''
Coan, 1997
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Petricola insignis''
(Deshayes, 1854)
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Petricola inversa''
Macsotay & Campos, 2001
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Petricola japonica''
Dunker, 1882
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Petricola lapicida''
(Gmelin, 1791)
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Petricola linguafelis''
(P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
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Petricola lithophaga''
(Retzius, 1788)
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Petricola monstrosa''
(Gmelin, 1791)
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Petricola olssoni''
F. R. Bernard, 1983
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Petricola quadrasi''
(Hidalgo, 1886)
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Petricola rugosa''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
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Petricola scotti''
Coan, 1997
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Petricolaria''
Stoliczka, 1870
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Petricolaria cognata''
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
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Petricolaria cultellus''
(Deshayes, 1853)
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Petricolaria donnae''
(Petuch, 1998)
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Petricolaria gracilis''
(Deshayes, 1853)
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Petricolaria pholadiformis''
(Lamarck, 1818)
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Petricolaria pholadiformis lata''
Dall, 1925
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Petricolaria serrata''
(Deshayes, 1853)
References
Further reading
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* Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1–184.
etails
* 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
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Bivalve families