Petricola

Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [1]

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

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species database,[2] species 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 [3]
  • Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [4]
  • Petricola concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
  • Petricola dactylus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1823) [5]
  • Petricola denticulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
  • Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) [6]
  • Petricola exarata (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818
  • Petricola habei M. Huber, 2010
  • Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 [7]
  • 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 (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948:[8] 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.
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