Petricola

Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.^[1]

Petricola
Shell of Petricola angolensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Petricola Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Venus lapicida Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
Claudiconcha P. Fischer, 1887 Naranio Gray, 1853 Petricola (Claudiconcha) Fischer, 1887· accepted, alternate representation Petricola (Petricola) Lamarck, 1801· accepted, alternate representation Petricola (Petricolirus) Habe, 1951· accepted, alternate representation Petricola (Rupellaria) Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802· accepted, alternate representation Petricolirus Habe, 1951 Pseudoirus Habe, 1951 Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species database,^[2] species within the genus Petricola include:

• Petricola aequistriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
• Petricola angolensis Cosel, 1995
• Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
• Petricola botula Olsson, 1961
• Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 ^[3]
• Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) ^[4]
• Petricola concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
• Petricola dactylus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1823) ^[5]
• Petricola denticulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
• Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) ^[6]
• Petricola exarata (Carpenter, 1857)
• Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818
• Petricola habei M. Huber, 2010
• Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 ^[7]
• Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
• Petricola inversa Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001
• Petricola japonica Dunker, 1882
• Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
• Petricola linguafelis (Carpenter, 1857)
• Petricola lithophaga (Philippson, 1788)
• Petricola monstrosa (Gmelin, 1791)
• Petricola olssoni F. R. Bernard, 1983
• Petricola quadrasi (Hidalgo, 1886)
• Petricola rugosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
• Petricola scotti Coan, 1997

Synonyms

• Petricola brugieri Hanley : synonym of Venerupis bruguieri (Hanley, 1845)
• Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998 : synonym of Petricolaria donnae (Petuch, 1998)
• Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
• Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948:^[8] synonym of Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
• Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818: synonym of Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
• Petricola robusta G.B. Sowerby I, 1834: synonym of Choristodon robustus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (original combination)