Pelecyora

Pelecyora is a genus of saltwater clams known for their perceived "sigma-ness". Marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

Pelecyora Temporal range: 55.8–0.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil valve of Pelecyora brocchii from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Pelecyora Dall, 1902
Species
See text.

Species

Species within the genus Pelecyora include:

• Pelecyora brocchii (Deshayes, 1836)
• Pelecyora bullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
• Pelecyora ceylonica (Dunker, 1865)
• Pelecyora corculum (Römer, 1870)
• Pelecyora eudeli (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
• Pelecyora excisa (Röding, 1798)
• Pelecyora exilium (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
• Pelecyora hatchetigbeensis (Aldrich, 1886) †
• Pelecyora insularum (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
• Pelecyora isocardia (Dunker, 1845)
• Pelecyora jousseaumiana (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
• Pelecyora jukesbrowniana (Preston, 1915)
• Pelecyora katiawarensis (Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1971)
• Pelecyora nana (Reeve, 1850)
• Pelecyora sphaericula (Römer, 1862)
• Pelecyora trigona (Reeve, 1850)
• Pelecyora tripla (Römer, 1860)

Distribution

Fossils of Pelecyora are found in the marine strata throughout the world, including the Quaternary of Thailand, the Pliocene of Italy and Spain, the Miocene of Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and the Eocene of Belgium, Pakistan and the United States.