Petricola

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

Petricola
Two shells of Petricola lajonkairii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Petricola
Lamarck, 1801
Species

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Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species database,[1] species within the genus Petricola include:

  • Petricola brugieri Hanley
  • Petricola dactylus (Sowerby, 1823) [2]
  • Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998
  • Petricola inversa Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001
  • Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Petricola lithophaga (Philippson, 1788)
  • Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818
  • Petricola robusta Sowerby

The following names were found in other databases:

  • Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 [3]
  • Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [4]
  • Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) [5]
  • Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 [6]
  • Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948 [7]
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References
  1. 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
  2. Caracoles de Monte Hermoso y alrededores; Reginaldo Lejarraga (2017)
  3. Sealifebase
  4. Sealife base
  5. Sealifebase
  6. Sealifebase
  7. Catalogue of Life
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