Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Poromyoidea > Family Poromyidae > Genus Poromya

Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Poromya*	Forbes, 1844	accepted genus name
*Embla*	Lovén, 1846	synonym

Species group names

*Poromya rotundata*	Jeffreys, 1876	junior homonym
*Corbula granulata*	Nyst & Westendorp, 1839	synonym
*Cumingia parthenopaea*	Tiberi, 1855	synonym
*Embla korenii*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Poromya anatinoides*	Forbes, 1844	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: granular poromya

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 107-187.
additional source	Bogi, C.; Cantagalli G. (1986). Prima segnalazione di Poromya neaeroides Seguenza, 1877 in Mar Mediterraneo. La Conchiglia. 202-203: 18-19.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140843