Propeamussium

Propeamussium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Ostreoida.

Living representatives of the genus enjoy a global distribution. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 50 accepted species.

Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Pliocene age (235.0 to 3.6 Ma). The majority of fossils of this genus are found throughout Europe and North America.

Selected species

• Propeamussium alcocki <small>(E. A. Smith, 1894)</small>
• Propeamussium andamanense <small>(Bavay, 1905)</small>
• Propeamussium andamanicum <small>(E. A. Smith, 1894)</small>
• Propeamussium arabicum <small>Dijkstra & R. Janssen, 2013</small>
• Propeamussium boucheti <small>Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008</small>
• Propeamussium caducum <small>(E. A. Smith, 1885)</small>
• † Propeamussium cowperi <small>Waring, 1917</small>
• Propeamussium dalli <small>(E. A. Smith, 1885)</small>
• Propeamussium investigatoris <small>(E. A. Smith, 1906)</small>
• Propeamussium jeffreysii <small>(E. A. Smith, 1885)</small>
• Propeamussium lucidum <small>(Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873)</small>)-
• Propeamussium malpelonium <small>(Dall, 1908)</small>
• Propeamussium meridionale <small>(E. A. Smith, 1885)</small>
• Propeamussium octodecimliratum <small>Melvill & Standen, 1907</small>
• † Propeamussium papakurense <small>(E. Clarke, 1905</small>)
• Propeamussium regillum <small>Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2017</small>
• Propeamussium richeri <small>Dijkstra, 2001</small>
• Propeamussium rosadoi <small>Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2015</small>
• Propeamussium rubrotinctum <small>(Oyama, 1951)</small>
• Propeamussium sibogai <small>(Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904)</small>
• Propeamussium siratama <small>(Oyama in Kuroda, 1951)</small>
• Propeamussium steindachneri <small>(Sturany, 1899)</small>
• Propeamussium watsoni <small>(E. A. Smith, 1885)</small>
• † Propeamussium yubarense <small>(Yabe & Nagao, 1928)</small>
• † Propeamussium zitteli <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
• Propeamussium zoniferum <small>(Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)</small>

• Propeamussium holmesii <small>(Dall, 1886)</small>: synonym of Parvamussium holmesii <small>(Dall, 1886)</small>
• Propeamussium pourtalesianum <small>(Dall, 1886)</small>: synonym of Parvamussium pourtalesianum <small>(Dall, 1886)</small>
• Propeamussium sayanum <small>(Dall, 1886)</small>: synonym of Parvamussium sayanum <small>(Dall, 1886)</small>
• Propeamussium squamigerum <small>(E. A. Smith, 1885)</small>: synonym of Parvamussium squamigerum <small>(E. A. Smith, 1885)</small>

References

• Frederick A. Sundberg - Propeamussium Species (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern California - Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp.&nbsp;53–63
• 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.

External links

• Oyama K. (1944). &#91;Classification of the genus Propeamussium&#93; &#91;in Japanese&#93;. Venus. 13(5-8): 240-254
• de Gregorio, A. (1884). Nota intorno ad alcune nuove conchiglie mioceniche di Sicilia. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 3 (4): 119-120
• Dijkstra, H. H. (1995). Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 9-73
• Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica. 10: 1-108