Petricola Explained
Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species database,[2] species within the genus Petricola include:
- Petricola aequistriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
- Petricola angolensis Cosel, 1995
- Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
- Petricola botula Olsson, 1961
- Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 [3]
- Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [4]
- Petricola concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Petricola dactylus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1823) [5]
- Petricola denticulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) [6]
- Petricola exarata (Carpenter, 1857)
- Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818
- Petricola habei M. Huber, 2010
- Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 [7]
- Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
- Petricola inversa Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001
- Petricola japonica Dunker, 1882
- Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
- Petricola linguafelis (Carpenter, 1857)
- Petricola lithophaga (Philippson, 1788)
- Petricola monstrosa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Petricola olssoni F. R. Bernard, 1983
- Petricola quadrasi (Hidalgo, 1886)
- Petricola rugosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Petricola scotti Coan, 1997
- Synonyms:
- Petricola brugieri Hanley : synonym of Venerupis bruguieri (Hanley, 1845)
- Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998 : synonym of Petricolaria donnae (Petuch, 1998)
- Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948:[8] synonym of Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
- Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818: synonym of Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
- Petricola robusta G.B. Sowerby I, 1834: synonym of Choristodon robustus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (original combination)
References
- 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.
External links
- Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp
- Gray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402
- Fleuriau [de] Bellevue (L.B.) 1802. Mémoire sur quelques nouveaux genres de mollusques et vers lithophages, et sur les facultés qu'ont ces animaux de percer le rochers. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts (Paris), 54: 345-369
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Petricola Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138332 on 2022-01-02
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138332 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
- http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=48988&lang=Dutch Sealifebase
- http://www.sealifebase.org/NomenClature/ScientificNameSearchList.php?crit1_fieldname=SYNONYMS.SynGenus&crit1_fieldtype=CHAR&crit1_operator=EQUAL&crit1_value=Petricola&crit2_fieldname=SYNONYMS.SynSpecies&crit2_fieldtype=CHAR&crit2_operator=contains&crit2_value=&group=summary&backstep=-2 Sealife base
- Caracoles de Monte Hermoso y alrededores; Reginaldo Lejarraga (2017)
- http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?id=80619&genusname=Petricola&speciesname=divergens Sealifebase
- http://www.sealifebase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?id=47110&genusname=Petricola&speciesname=hertzana Sealifebase
- http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/search/all/key/Petricola/match/1 Catalogue of Life
