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
Infraclassis: Euheterodonta
Superordo: Anomalodesmata
Ordo: Septibranchia
Superfamilia: Poromyoidea
Familia: Poromyidae
Genus: Cetoconcha – Dermatomya – Dilemma – Poromya
Name
Poromyidae Dall, 1886
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]
Cetomya Dall, 1889
Dermatomya Dall, 1889
Dermatomya buttoni Dall, 1916
Dermatomya mactroides (Dall, 1889)
Dilemma Leal, 2008
Lissomya Krylova, 1997
Poromya Forbes, 1844
Poromya albida Dall, 1886
Poromya beringiana (Dall, 1916)
Poromya elongata Dall, 1886
Poromya granulata (Nyst and Westendorp, 1839)
Poromya houbricki Bernard, 1989
Poromya laevis E. A. Smith, 1885
Poromya leonina (Dall, 1916)
Poromya malespinae (Ridewood, 1903)
Poromya neaeroides Sequenza, 1876
Poromya neozelanica (Dell, 1956)
Poromya rostrata Rehder, 1943
Poromya tenuiconcha (Dall, 1913)
Poromya tornata (Jeffreys, 1876)
Poromya trosti Strong and Hertlein, 1937
References
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
"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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