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

Petricola
Shell of Petricola angolensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Petricola
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Venus lapicida Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Claudiconcha P. Fischer, 1887
  • Naranio Gray, 1853
  • Petricola (Claudiconcha) Fischer, 1887· accepted, alternate representation
  • Petricola (Petricola) Lamarck, 1801· accepted, alternate representation
  • Petricola (Petricolirus) Habe, 1951· accepted, alternate representation
  • Petricola (Rupellaria) Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802· accepted, alternate representation
  • Petricolirus Habe, 1951
  • Pseudoirus Habe, 1951
  • Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802

Species

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

Synonyms

References

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  • 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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