The Petricolidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams. Some authors include these genera within the Veneridae as the subfamily Petricolinae.
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| A whole shell of Petricolaria pholadiformis | |
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| Family: | Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831
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Genera and species edit
Genera and species in the family Petricolidae include:
- Choristodon Jonas, 1844
- Choristodon robustum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Cooperella Carpenter, 1864
- Cooperella atlantica Rehder, 1943
- Cooperella subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864)
- Mysia Lamarck, 1818
- Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)
- Petricola Lamarck, 1801
- Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870
- Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802
- Rupellaria cancellata (Verrill, 1885)
- Rupellaria denticulata (Sowerby, 1834)
- Rupellaria tellimyalis (Carpenter, 1864)