Pholadomyidae

Pholadomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Anomalodesmata.[1][2]

Pholadomyidae
Fossil specimen of Pholadomya scutata species from Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subterclass: Heterodonta
Superorder: Anomalodesmata
Superfamily: Pholadomyoidea
Family: Pholadomyidae
Dall, 1905
Genera

See text.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Pholadomyidae include:

  • Panacca
    • Panacca arata (A. E. Verrill and S. Smith, 1881)
    • Panacca loveni (Jeffreys, 1881)
  • Pholadomya Sowerby, 1823
    • Pholadomya candida Sowerby, 1823[3]
    • Pholadomya maoria Dell, 1963
  • Wilkingia†

References
  1. Campbell, H.J.; Grant‐Mackie, J. A. (31 October 1994). "Jurassic Pholadomyidae (Bivalvia) from New Zealand and New Caledonia". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 38 (1): 47–59. doi:10.1080/00288306.1995.9514638. ISSN 0028-8306.
  2. R, Cox L. (1969). "Family Pholadomyidae Gray, 1847". In Cox, L. R. et al.,Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N, Mollusca 6 Bivalvia. 2: N827–N838.
  3. Runnegar, Bruce (1 April 1972). "ANATOMY OF PHOLADOMYA CANDIDA (BIVALVIA) AND THE ORIGIN OF THE PHOLADOMYIDAE". Journal of Molluscan Studies. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065205. ISSN 1464-3766.


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