Poromyidae

Poromyidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Anomalodesmata
Order: Pholadomyoida
Family: Poromyidae
Dall, 1886
Genera

Cetoconcha
Dermatomya
Dilemma
Poromya

Poromyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pholadomyoida. The genus Dilemma, described in 2008, is remarkable for being a predator of copepods, which is very unusual for a sessile mollusc.[1]

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Poromyidae include:

References

  1. Leal J. H. (2008). "A remarkable new genus of carnivorous, sessile bivalves (Mollusca: Anomalodesmata: Poromyidae) with descriptions of two new species". Zootaxa 1764: 1–18. PDF fulltext
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