Petricolidae

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Petricolidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Metazoa Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Subclass: Heterodonta Order: Veneroida Superfamily: Veneroidea Family: Petricolidae Deshayes, 1831
Genera
See text.

The Petricolidae is a family of bivalves related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams.

[edit] List of genera

• Choristodon Jonas, 1844
  • Choristodon robustum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Cooperella Carpenter, 1864
  • Cooperella atlantica Rehder, 1943
  • Cooperella subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864)
• Mysia Lamarck, 1818
  • Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)
• Petricola Lamarck, 1801
  • Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932
  • Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837)
  • Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997
  • Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1786)
  • Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948
• Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870
  • Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818 -- false angelwing
• Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802
  • Rupellaria cancellata (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
  • Rupellaria denticulata (Sowerby, 1834)
  • Rupellaria tellimyalis (Carpenter, 1864)