Petricola
| Petricola | |
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| Two shells of Petricola lajonkairii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Petricola Lamarck, 1801 |
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Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species database,[1] species within the genus Petricola include:
- Petricola brugieri Hanley
- Petricola dactylus (Sowerby, 1823) [2]
- 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:
- Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 [3]
- Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [4]
- Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) [5]
- Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 [6]
- Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948 [7]
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
- ^ Caracoles de Monte Hermoso y alrededores; Reginaldo Lejarraga (2017)
- ^ Sealifebase
- ^ Sealife base
- ^ Sealifebase
- ^ Sealifebase
- ^ Catalogue of Life
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