Theora is a genus of saltwater and freshwater clams, bivalve molluscs in the family Semelidae.
Species
Species accepted as of October 2021:
Synonyms:
- Theora cadabra <small>(Eames & Wilkins, 1957)</small> accepted as Theora mesopotamica <small>(Annandale, 1918)</small> (junior synonym)
- Theora fragilis <small>(A. Adams, 1856)</small> accepted as Theora lata <small>(Hinds, 1843)</small>
- Theora hindsiana <small>Preston, 1916</small> accepted as Theora iridescens <small>(Hinds, 1843)</small>
- Theora nitida <small>Gould, 1861</small> accepted as Theora lata <small>(Hinds, 1843)</small>
- Theora ovalis <small>E. A. Smith, 1904</small> accepted as Aligena ovalis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1904)</small> (original combination)
References
- Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. . XII, 195 pp
External links
- Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.
- Adams, A. (1864). On the species of Nearea found in the seas of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 13: 206-209
- Stoliczka F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. [in] T. Oldham, Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. pp. i-xxii, 1-537, pl. 1-50