Periglypta is a genus of bivalves in the subfamily Venerinae of the family Veneridae.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus has eight extant species. There are nine fossil species listed in Fossilworks, five of which are not extant:
- Periglypta caesarina <small>(W.H. Dall, 1903)</small>
- Periglypta caribbeana <small>Anderson, 1927</small>
- Periglypta corbis <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Periglypta crispata <small>(Deshayes, 1854)</small>
- Periglypta exclathrata <small>(Sacco, 1900)</small>
- Periglypta listeri <small>(J.E. Gray, 1838)</small> â Princess Venus clam
- Periglypta multicostata <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Periglypta puerpera <small>(Linnaeus, 1771)</small>
- Periglypta reticulata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Periglypta tamiamensis <small>A.A. Olsson & R.E. Petit, 1964</small>
- Periglypta tarquinia <small>(W.H. Dall, 1900)</small>
- Periglypta valentichscotti <small>Thach, 2021</small>
- Periglypta weegeeree <small>Darragh & Kendrick, 2010</small>
In addition, Markus Huber (2010) mentioned that Periglypta and Antigona are synonyms, but Chen et al. (2011) rejected this opinion.
References
- Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
- 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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