Petricolidae
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A whole shell of Petricolaria pholadiformis | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Family: | Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831
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The Petricolidae is a family 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:
- Choristodon Jonas, 1844
- (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Carpenter, 1864
- Rehder, 1943
- (Carpenter, 1864)
- Lamarck, 1818
- (Pennant, 1777)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/False-angelwing.jpg/220px-False-angelwing.jpg)
One valve of the false angelwing, Petricolaria pholadiformis
- Petricola Lamarck, 1801
- Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870
- Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802
- (Verrill, 1885)
- (Sowerby, 1834)
- (Carpenter, 1864)
References[]
Categories:
- Petricolidae
- Bivalve families