Periplomatidae
Encyclopedia
Periplomatidae is a family
of large marine
bivalves of the Pholadomyoida
order.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of large marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalves of the Pholadomyoida
Pholadomyoida
Pholadomyoida is an order of bivalve molluscs. It is the sole member of the subclass Anomalosdesmata. Their shells are of equal size, as are the muscles that hold them closed, and the margins at the hinges are thickened...
order.
Genera and species
- Halistrepta Dall, 1904
- Halistrepta sulcata (Dall, 1904) - sulcate spoonclam
- Offadesma Dall, 1904
- Offadesma angasiOffadesma angasiOffadesma angasi is a bivalve mollusc of the family Periplomatidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
- Offadesma angasi
- Periploma Schumacher, 1817
- Periploma abyssorum
- Periploma affine A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 - related spoonclam
- Periploma alaskanum Williams, 1940
- Periploma aleuticum (Krause, 1885) - Aleutian spoonclam
- Periploma anguliferum (PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1847) - angled spoonclam - Periploma discus Stearns, 1890 - round spoonclam
- Periploma fragile (Totten, 1835) - fragile spoonclam
- Periploma hendrickxi Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
- Periploma kaiserae Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
- Periploma leanum (Conrad, 1831) - lea spoonclam, oval spoonclam
- Periploma margaritaceum (Lamarck, 1801) - unequal spoonclam
- Periploma orbiculare
- Periploma papyratium (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1822) - paper spoonclam - Periploma planiusculum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 - flat spoonclam
- Periploma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
- Periploma skoglundae Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
- Periploma tenerum P. Fischer, 1882 - delicate spoonclam