Petricola
| Petricola | |
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| Two shells of Petricola lajonkairii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Metazoa |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Petricolidae |
| Genus: | Petricola Lamarck, 1801 |
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Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Petricolidae, which is related to the large family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Species
According to the database World register of Marine Species [1] species within the genus Petricola include:
- Petricola brugieri Hanley
- Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998
- Petricola inversa Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001
- Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
- Petricola lithophaga (Philippson, 1788)
- Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818
- Petricola robusta Sowerby
The following names were found in other databases :
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=48988&lang=Dutch Sealifebase]
- ↑ Sealife base
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- ↑ Catalogue of Life
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