Poromyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Anomalodesmata. The genus Dilemma, described in 2008, is remarkable for being a predator of copepods, which is very unusual for a sessile mollusc.
Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Poromyidae include:
- Cetomya <small>Dall, 1889</small>
- Dermatomya <small>Dall, 1889</small>
- Dermatomya buttoni <small>Dall, 1916</small>
- Dermatomya mactroides <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Dilemma <small>Leal, 2008</small>
- Lissomya <small>Krylova, 1997</small>
- Poromya <small>Forbes, 1844</small>
- Poromya albida <small>Dall, 1886</small>
- Poromya beringiana <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- Poromya elongata <small>Dall, 1886</small>
- Poromya granulata <small>(Nyst and Westendorp, 1839)</small>
- Poromya houbricki <small>Bernard, 1989</small>
- Poromya laevis <small>E. A. Smith, 1885</small>
- Poromya leonina <small>(Dall, 1916)</small>
- Poromya malespinae <small>(Ridewood, 1903)</small>
- Poromya neaeroides <small>Sequenza, 1876</small>
- Poromya neozelanica <small>(Dell, 1956)</small>
- Poromya rostrata <small>Rehder, 1943</small>
- Poromya tenuiconcha <small>(Dall, 1913)</small>
- Poromya tornata <small>(Jeffreys, 1876)</small>
- Poromya trosti <small>Strong and Hertlein, 1937</small>
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