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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
Subfamilia: Petricolinae
Species: P. pholadiformis

Name

Petricola Lamarck, 1801
Links
Petricola in the World Register of Marine Species

Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]
Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species database,[2] species within the genus Petricola include:

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 and Lowe, 1932 [3]
Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [4]
Petricola concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Petricola dactylus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1823) [5]
Petricola denticulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) [6]
Petricola exarata (Carpenter, 1857)
Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818
Petricola habei M. Huber, 2010
Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 [7]
Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
Petricola inversa Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001
Petricola japonica Dunker, 1882
Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
Petricola linguafelis (Carpenter, 1857)
Petricola lithophaga (Philippson, 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

Synonyms

Petricola brugieri Hanley : synonym of Venerupis bruguieri (Hanley, 1845)
Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998 : synonym of Petricolaria donnae (Petuch, 1998)
Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948:[8] synonym of Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818: synonym of Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
Petricola robusta G.B. Sowerby I, 1834: synonym of Choristodon robustus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (original combination)

References

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Petricola Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138332 on 2022-01-02
Gofas, S. (2009). Petricola Lamarck, 1801. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138332 on 2010-06-08
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Caracoles de Monte Hermoso y alrededores; Reginaldo Lejarraga (2017)
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Catalogue of Life

Habe, T. 1951. Petricolidae, Cardiliidae and Anatinellidae in Japan. In: Kuroda, T. (ed.) Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells.
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.

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