Petricolinae is a subfamily of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams. Some authors include these genera within the Veneridae as the subfamily Petricolinae.
Genera and species
Genera and species in the family Petricolidae include:
- Asaphinoides <small>F. Hodson, 1931</small>
- Asaphinoides cantauranus <small>(F. Hodson, 1931)</small>
- Asaphinoides madreporicus <small>(Jousseaume, 1895) </small>
- Choristodon <small>Jonas, 1844</small>
- Choristodon cancellatus <small>Verrill, 1885</small>
- Choristodon robustus <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)</small>
- Cooperella <small>P. P. Carpenter, 1864</small>
- Cooperella atlantica <small>Rehder, 1943</small>
- Cooperella riosi <small>M. Huber, 2010</small>
- Cooperella subdiaphana <small>(P. P. Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Lajonkairia <small>Deshayes, 1855</small>
- Lajonkairia cancellata <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Lajonkairia digitalis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1916)</small>
- Lajonkairia divaricata <small>(Lischke, 1872)</small>
- Lajonkairia elegans <small>(H. Adams, 1870)</small>
- Lajonkairia lajonkairii <small>(Payraudeau, 1826)</small>
- Lajonkairia rupestris <small>(Brocchi, 1814)</small>
- Lajonkairia substriata <small>(Montagu, 1808)</small>
- Mysia <small>Lamarck, 1818</small>
- Mysia marchali <small>Cosel, 1995</small>
- Mysia pellucida <small>(Tate, 1891)</small>
- Mysia undata <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small>
- Petricola <small>Lamarck, 1801</small>
- Petricola aequistriata <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1874</small>
- Petricola angolensis <small>Cosel, 1995</small>
- Petricola bicolor <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1854</small>
- Petricola botula <small>Olsson, 1961</small>
- Petricola californiensis <small>Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932</small>
- Petricola carditoides <small>(Conrad, 1837)</small>
- Petricola concinna <small>G. B. Sowerby I, 1834</small>
- Petricola dactylus <small>G. B. Sowerby I, 1823</small>
- Petricola denticulata <small>G. B. Sowerby I, 1834</small>
- Petricola divergens <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Petricola exarata <small>(P. P. Carpenter, 1857)</small>
- Petricola fabagella <small>Lamarck, 1818</small>
- Petricola habei <small>M. Huber, 2010</small>
- Petricola hertzana <small>Coan, 1997</small>
- Petricola insignis <small>(Deshayes, 1854)</small>
- Petricola inversa <small>Macsotay & Campos, 2001</small>
- Petricola japonica <small>Dunker, 1882</small>
- Petricola lapicida <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Petricola linguafelis <small>(P. P. Carpenter, 1857)</small>
- Petricola lithophaga <small>(Retzius, 1788)</small>
- Petricola monstrosa <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Petricola olssoni <small>F. R. Bernard, 1983</small>
- Petricola quadrasi <small>(Hidalgo, 1886)</small>
- Petricola rugosa <small>G. B. Sowerby I, 1834</small>
- Petricola scotti <small>Coan, 1997</small>
- Petricolaria <small>Stoliczka, 1870</small>
- Petricolaria cognata <small>(C. B. Adams, 1852)</small>
- Petricolaria cultellus <small>(Deshayes, 1853)</small>
- Petricolaria donnae <small>(Petuch, 1998)</small>
- Petricolaria gracilis <small>(Deshayes, 1853)</small>
- Petricolaria pholadiformis <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Petricolaria pholadiformis lata <small>Dall, 1925 </small>
- Petricolaria serrata <small>(Deshayes, 1853) </small>
References
Further reading
- Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113âÂÂ133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1âÂÂ184. [details]
- 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