Periplomatidae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Periplomatidae | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||
| Genera and species | ||||||||||
|
See text. |
Periplomatidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Pholadomyoida order. The shells are rather large, thin and fragile, found in most temperate seas, burrowing deeply into soft mud below low water mark.
[edit] Genera and species
- Halistrepta Dall, 1904
- Halistrepta sulcata (Dall, 1904) - sulcate spoonclam
- Offadesma Dall, 1904
- Offadesma angasi (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
- Periploma Schumacher, 1817
- Periploma abyssorum
- Periploma affine A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - related spoonclam
- Periploma alaskanum Williams, 1940
- Periploma aleuticum (Krause, 1885) - Aleutian spoonclam
- Periploma anguliferum (Philippi, 1847) - angled spoonclam
- Periploma discus Stearns, 1890 - round spoonclam
- Periploma fragile (Totten, 1835) - fragile spoonclam
- Periploma leanum (Conrad, 1831) - lea spoonclam, oval spoonclam
- Periploma margaritaceum (Lamarck, 1801) - unequal spoonclam
- Periploma orbiculare
- Periploma papyratium (Say, 1822) - paper spoonclam
- Periploma planiusculum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 - flat spoonclam
- Periploma tenerum P. Fischer, 1882 - delicate spoonclam
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] References
- Periplomatidae (TSN 81940). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467 054 8
