Periplomatidae
Family of bivalves
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::summary Family of bivalves ::
| taxon = Periplomatidae | image = Crosse&Fischer1865 pl11 fig1 Offadesma angasi.png | image_caption = Offadesma angasi | authority = Dall, 1895 | display_parents = 2 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text.
Periplomatidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Anomalodesmata order.
Genera and species
- Albimanus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
- Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
- Halistrepta Dall, 1904
- Halistrepta sulcata (Dall, 1904) – sulcate spoonclam
- Offadesma Dall, 1904
- Offadesma angasi (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
- Pendaloma Iredale, 1930
- Periploma Schumacher, 1817 ;Synonyms:
- Aperiploma Habe, 1952: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
- Bontaea T. Brown, 1844: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
- Galaxura Leach in Gray, 1852: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
- Takashia Bernard, 1989: synonym of Pendaloma Iredale, 1930
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
- Valentich-Scott, P. & Coan E.V. (2010). "Three new species of Periploma (Bivalvia, Periplomatidae) from the Panamic Province." Zootaxa 2673 (2010): 65–68.
- 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
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