Petricola

Petricola
Two shells of Petricola lajonkairii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Petricolidae
Genus: Petricola
Lamarck, 1801
species

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Petricola 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

According to the database World register of Marine Species [1] species within the genus Petricola include:

The following names were found in other databases :

References

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