Petricolaria
Appearance
Petricolaria | |
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A shell of Petricolaria pholadiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870 |
Species | |
See text. |
Petricolaria is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Petricolaria include:
- Petricolaria dactylus (Sowerby, 1823)
- Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck), 1818 – false angelwing
References
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