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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Veneroidea

Familia: Veneridae
Genus: Agriopoma
Species: A. texasiana
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Name

Agriopoma Dall, 1902 [source: Dall (1902: 509)]
Gender: feminine?
Type species: ?
Originally included species: (1) Cytherea texasiana, (2) Meretrix sayana [source: Dall (1902: 509)]
Original status: 'new section' [subgenus] of Meretrix [source: Dall (1902: 509)]

References
cited sources

Dall, W.H. 1902: ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW, UNFIG-URED, OR IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SHELLS, CHIEFLY AMERICAN, IN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24: 499–566, plates XXVII-XL. Internet Archive BHL

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
WoRMS (2010). Agriopoma. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031759/http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415019 on 2010-07-31

Agriopoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[1] [2]
Species

Agriopoma arestum (Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901)
Agriopoma catharium (Dall, 1902)
† Agriopoma gatunensis (Dall, 1903)
Agriopoma morrhuanum (Dall, 1902)
Agriopoma texasianum (Dall, 1892) – Texas venus
Agriopoma tomeanum (Dall, 1902)

Synonyms

Agriopoma aequinoctiale Fischer-Piette, 1969: synonym of Pitar consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Agriopoma mexicanum (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948): synonym of Agriopoma catharium (Dall, 1902)
Agriopoma morrhuanus [sic]: synonym of Agriopoma morrhuanum (Dall, 1902) (incorrect gender ending)
Agriopoma texasiana (Dall, 1892): synonym of Agriopoma texasianum (Dall, 1892) (incorrect gender ending)

References

Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69.

MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Agriopoma Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415019 on 2022-01-20

External links

Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40.
Palmer K. Van Winkle. (1927-1929). The Veneridae of eastern America, Cenozoic and Recent. Palaeontographica Americana. 1(5): 209-522 [March 1927, pls 32-76]

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