Petricolaria
Petricolaria | |
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A shell of Petricolaria pholadiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Subkingdom: | Metazoa |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Heterodonta |
Order: | Veneroida |
Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
Family: | Petricolidae |
Genus: | Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870 |
species | |
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Petricolaria is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Petricolidae, which is related to the large family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Species
Species within the genus Ptericolaria include:
- Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818 - false angelwing