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Periglypta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Veneridae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Bivalvia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Veneroida

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Pitar, Paphia, Dosinia, Leukoma, Lioconcha

Periglypta is a bivalvia genus of molluscs in the family Veneridae.

Species

Periglypta CalPhotos Periglypta reticulata

According to WoRMS, this genus has got only seven extant species, in additional to five fossil species listed in fossilworks, they are listed as below:

Periglypta Riau Archipelago JungleKeyin Image

  • Periglypta albocancellata (M. Huber, 2010)
  • Periglypta caesarina
  • Periglypta caribbeana
  • Periglypta corbis (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Periglypta crispata (Deshayes, 1854)
  • Periglypta listeri (J.E. Gray, 1838) — Princess Venus clam
  • Periglypta multicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
  • Periglypta puerpera (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Periglypta tamiamensis
  • Periglypta tarquinia
  • Periglypta weegeeree

    • The following two species was listed under Periglypta but now listed under Antigona:


  • Periglypta chemnitzi (Hanley, 1845) is now Antigona chemnitzii (Hanley, 1845)
  • Periglypta sowerbyi (Deshayes, 1853) is now Antigona sowerbyi (Deshayes, 1854)

    • In additional, Markus Huber (2010) mentioned that Periglypta and Antigona are synonyms, but Chen et al. (2011) rejected such opinion.

    Periglypta Cadre Periglypta reticulata

    Periglypta HomeNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ROTTERDAM Mollusca Bivalvia

    Periglypta BOLD Systems Taxonomy Browser Periglypta genus

    References

    Periglypta Wikipedia
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