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Petricolaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Veneroida

Scientific name
  
Petricolaria

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Petricolidae

Higher classification
  
Petricolidae

Petricolaria

Similar
  
False angelwing, Petricola, Petricolidae, Barnea candida, Cyrtopleura costata

Petricolaria is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Petricolidae, which is related to the large family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

Species

Species within the genus Ptericolaria include:

  • Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818 - false angelwing
  • References

    Petricolaria Wikipedia