Petricolinae is a subfamily 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.

Petricolinae
A whole shell of Petricolaria pholadiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Subfamily: Petricolinae
A. d'Orbigny, 1840
Genera[1]

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Synonyms[1]
  • Cooperellidae Dall, 1900
  • Mysiidae Gray, 1854
  • Petricolidae A. d'Orbigny, 1840

Genera and species

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Genera and species in the family Petricolidae include:[1]

 
One valve of the false angelwing, Petricolaria pholadiformis

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Petricolinae A. d'Orbigny, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246 on 24 July 2024

Further reading

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  • Paredes, Carlos; Cardoso, Franz; Santamaría, José; Esplana, Jhonatan; Llaja, Lesly (2016). "Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú". Revista Peruana de Biología. 23 (2): 127–150. doi:10.15381/rpb.v23i2.12397.
  • Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1–184. [details]
  • 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