Petricolaria

Petricolaria
A shell of Petricolaria pholadiformis
Scientific classification
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

Species within the genus Petricolaria include:[1]

  • Petricolaria cognata (C. B. Adams, 1852)
  • Petricolaria cultellus (Deshayes, 1853)
  • Petricolaria donnae (Petuch, 1998)
  • Petricolaria gracilis (Deshayes, 1853)
  • Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck), 1818 – false angelwing
  • Petricolaria serrata (Deshayes, 1853)

References

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-25.


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