Periplomatidae

Periplomatidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Anomalodesmata order.

Genera and species

• Albimanus <small>Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935</small>
• Cochlodesma <small>Couthouy, 1839</small>
• Halistrepta <small>Dall, 1904</small>
• Halistrepta sulcata <small>(Dall, 1904)</small> – sulcate spoonclam
• Offadesma <small>Dall, 1904</small>
• Offadesma angasi <small>(Crosse & Fischer, 1864)</small>
• Pendaloma <small>Iredale, 1930</small>
• Periploma <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>

• Aperiploma <small>Habe, 1952</small>: synonym of Cochlodesma <small>Couthouy, 1839</small>
• Bontaea <small>T. Brown, 1844</small>: synonym of Cochlodesma <small>Couthouy, 1839</small>
• Galaxura <small>Leach in Gray, 1852</small>: synonym of Cochlodesma <small>Couthouy, 1839</small>
• Takashia <small>Bernard, 1989</small>: synonym of Pendaloma <small>Iredale, 1930</small>

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
• Valentich-Scott, P. & Coan E.V. (2010). "Three new species of Periploma (Bivalvia, Periplomatidae) from the Panamic Province." Zootaxa 2673 (2010): 65–68.
• 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