Petricolinae

Petricolinae is a subfamily 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:^[1]

• Asaphinoides F. Hodson, 1931
  • Asaphinoides cantauranus (F. Hodson, 1931)
  • Asaphinoides madreporicus (Jousseaume, 1895)
• Choristodon Jonas, 1844
  • Choristodon cancellatus Verrill, 1885
  • Choristodon robustus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Cooperella P. P. Carpenter, 1864
  • Cooperella atlantica Rehder, 1943
  • Cooperella riosi M. Huber, 2010
  • Cooperella subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
• Lajonkairia Deshayes, 1855
  • Lajonkairia cancellata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Lajonkairia digitalis (E. A. Smith, 1916)
  • Lajonkairia divaricata (Lischke, 1872)
  • Lajonkairia elegans (H. Adams, 1870)
  • Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Lajonkairia rupestris (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Lajonkairia substriata (Montagu, 1808)
• Mysia Lamarck, 1818
  • Mysia marchali Cosel, 1995
  • Mysia pellucida (Tate, 1891)
  • Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)
• Petricola Lamarck, 1801
  • Petricola aequistriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
  • Petricola angolensis Cosel, 1995
  • Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
  • Petricola botula Olsson, 1961
  • Petricola californiensis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
  • Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837)
  • Petricola concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
  • Petricola dactylus G. B. Sowerby I, 1823
  • Petricola denticulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
  • Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Petricola exarata (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
  • Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818
  • Petricola habei M. Huber, 2010
  • Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997
  • Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
  • Petricola inversa Macsotay & Campos, 2001
  • Petricola japonica Dunker, 1882
  • Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Petricola linguafelis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
  • Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
  • Petricola monstrosa (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Petricola olssoni F. R. Bernard, 1983
  • Petricola quadrasi (Hidalgo, 1886)
  • Petricola rugosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
  • Petricola scotti Coan, 1997
• Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870
  • Petricolaria cognata (C. B. Adams, 1852)
  • Petricolaria cultellus (Deshayes, 1853)
  • Petricolaria donnae (Petuch, 1998)
  • Petricolaria gracilis (Deshayes, 1853)
  • Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818)
    • Petricolaria pholadiformis lata Dall, 1925
  • Petricolaria serrata (Deshayes, 1853)

References

1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Petricolinae A. d'Orbigny, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246 on 24 July 2024

Further reading

• Paredes, Carlos; Cardoso, Franz; Santamaría, José; Esplana, Jhonatan; Llaja, Lesly (2016). "Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú". Revista Peruana de Biología. 23 (2): 127–150. doi:10.15381/rpb.v23i2.12397
• Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1–184. [details]
• 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