Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Petricolinae

Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Gastranella A. E. Verrill, 1872 synonym

Children

Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818)

Literature

original description

Stoliczka, F. (1870-1871). The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent. In: T. Oldham, Paleontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Cretaceous Fauna of Southern India. Volume 3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Calcutta. i-xxii, 1-537, pls 1-50 [pp. 1-222, pl. 1-12 - 1870; pp. i-xxii, 223—537, pl. 23-50 - 1871].

redescription

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870. 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:156960

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2013-01-12 by Philippe Bouchet

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