Poromyidae

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Poromyidae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subterclass: Heterodonta
Superorder: Anomalodesmata
Superfamily: Poromyoidea
Family: Poromyidae
Dall, 1886
Genera

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.[1]

Genera and species[]

Genera and species within the family Poromyidae include:[2]

  • Dall, 1889
  • Dall, 1889
    • Dall, 1916
    • (Dall, 1889)
  • Dilemma Leal, 2008
  • Krylova, 1997
  • Forbes, 1844
    • Dall, 1886
    • (Dall, 1916)
    • Dall, 1886
Poromya granulata (Sowerby)
    • Poromya granulata (Nyst and Westendorp, 1839)
    • Bernard, 1989
    • E. A. Smith, 1885
    • (Dall, 1916)
    • (Ridewood, 1903)
    • Sequenza, 1876
    • (Dell, 1956)
    • Rehder, 1943
    • (Dall, 1913)
    • (Jeffreys, 1876)
    • Strong and Hertlein, 1937

References[]

  1. ^ Leal J. H. (2008). "A remarkable new genus of carnivorous, sessile bivalves (Mollusca: Anomalodesmata: Poromyidae) with descriptions of two new species". Zootaxa 1764: 1–18. PDF fulltext
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Poromyidae Dall, 1886". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  • Sasaki T. & Leal J. H. (2008). "Dilemma japonicum new species (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Poromyidae): A new record of the genus from the Northwest Pacific". The Nautilus 122: 166-170. PDF fulltext
  • Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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