Periglypta is a genus of bivalves in the family Periplomatidae.[1]

Periploma
Shell of Periploma camerunense (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Family: Periplomatidae
Genus: Periploma
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Periploma inaequivalve
Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms
  • Periploma (Cricoploma) F. R. Bernard, 1989· accepted, alternate representation
  • Periploma (Periploma) Schumacher, 1817· accepted, alternate representation
  • Periploma (Septentrioploma) F. R. Bernard, 1989· accepted, alternate representation

Species edit

Synonyms
  • Periploma abyssorum Verrill in Bush, 1893: synonym of Periploma aleuticum (A. Krause, 1885)
  • Periploma affine A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 – related spoonclam : synonym of Cochlodesma affine (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
  • Periploma alaskana Williams, 1940: synonym of Periploma aleuticum (A. Krause, 1885)
  • Periploma anguliferum (Philippi, 1847) – angled spoonclam: sdynonym of Periploma inequale (C. B. Adams, 1842)
  • Periploma leanum (Conrad, 1831) – lea spoonclam, oval spoonclam: synonym of Cochlodesma leanum (Conrad, 1831)
  • Periploma tenerum P. Fischer, 1882 – delicate spoonclam: synonym of Cochlodesma tenerum Fischer, 1882

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Periploma Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156937 on 2021-12-25
  • Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls
  • 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.
  • Cosel, R. von, 1995. Fifty-one new species of marine bivalves from tropical West Africa. Iberus 13(1): 1-115

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