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Genus of bivalves

Petricola
Shell of Petricola angolensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Petricola
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Venus lapicida Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Claudiconcha P. Fischer, 1887
  • Naranio Gray, 1853
  • Petricola (Claudiconcha) Fischer, 1887· accepted, alternate representation
  • Petricola (Petricola) Lamarck, 1801· accepted, alternate representation
  • Petricola (Petricolirus) Habe, 1951· accepted, alternate representation
  • Petricola (Rupellaria) Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802· accepted, alternate representation
  • Petricolirus Habe, 1951
  • Pseudoirus Habe, 1951
  • Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802

Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species database, species within the genus Petricola include:

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 (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948: 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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Sealifebase
  4. Sealife base
  5. Caracoles de Monte Hermoso y alrededores; Reginaldo Lejarraga (2017)
  6. Sealifebase
  7. Sealifebase
  8. Catalogue of Life
  • 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.

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Taxon identifiers
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