Poromyidae
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Poromyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pholadomyoida. The genus Dilemma, described in 2008, is remarkable for being a predator of copepods, which is very unusual for a sessile mollusc.[1]
Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Poromyidae include:
- Cetoconcha Dall, 1889
- Dermatomya Dall, 1889
- Dermatomya buttoni Dall, 1916
- Dermatomya mactroides (Dall, 1889)
- Dilemma Leal, 2008
- Poromya Forbes, 1844
- Poromya albida Dall, 1886
- Poromya beringiana (Dall, 1916)
- Poromya elongata Dall, 1886
- Poromya granulata (Nyst and Westendorp, 1839)
- Poromya houbricki Bernard, 1989
- Poromya laevis E. A. Smith, 1885
- Poromya leonina (Dall, 1916)
- Poromya malespinae (Ridewood, 1903)
- Poromya neaeroides Sequenza, 1876
- Poromya neozelanica (Dell, 1956)
- Poromya rostrata Rehder, 1943
- Poromya tenuiconcha (Dall, 1913)
- Poromya tornata (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Poromya trosti Strong and Hertlein, 1937
References
- ^ Leal J. H. (2008). "A remarkable new genus of carnivorous, sessile bivalves (Mollusca: Anomalodesmata: Poromyidae) with descriptions of two new species". Zootaxa 1764: 1–18. PDF fulltext
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- Sasaki T. & Leal J. H. (2008). "Dilemma japonicum new species (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Poromyidae): A new record of the genus from the Northwest Pacific". The Nautilus 122: 166-170. PDF fulltext
- Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1