Periplomatidae

Periplomatidae
Offadesma angasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subterclass:	Heterodonta
Superorder:	Anomalodesmata
Superfamily:
Family:	Periplomatidae Dall, 1895
Genera
See text.

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

Genera and species[]

• Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
• Couthouy, 1839
• Dall, 1904
  • (Dall, 1904) – sulcate spoonclam
• Dall, 1904
  • Offadesma angasi (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
• Iredale, 1930
• Periploma Schumacher, 1817

Synonyms

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

References[]

• "Periplomatidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
• 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