Petricolidae

The Petricolidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams. Some authors include these genera within the Veneridae as the subfamily Petricolinae.

Genera and species

Genera and species in the family Petricolidae include:

• 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)

One valve of the false angelwing, Petricolaria pholadiformis

• Petricola Lamarck, 1801
• Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870
• Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802
  • Rupellaria cancellata (Verrill, 1885)
  • Rupellaria denticulata (Sowerby, 1834)
  • Rupellaria tellimyalis (Carpenter, 1864)

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