Poromyidae

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Rank Family Subclass Anomalodesmata		Scientific name Poromyidae Higher classification Anomalodesmata Order Anomalodesmata
Similar Bivalvia, Periplomatidae, Poromya granulata, Thraciidae, Molluscs

Poromyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pholadomyoida. The genus Dilemma, described in 2008, is remarkable for being a predator of copepods, which is very unusual for a sessile mollusc.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Poromyidae include:

Cetoconcha Dall, 1889

Dermatomya Dall, 1889

Dermatomya buttoni Dall, 1916

Dermatomya mactroides (Dall, 1889)

Dilemma Leal, 2008

Poromya Forbes, 1844

Poromya albida Dall, 1886

Poromya beringiana (Dall, 1916)

Poromya elongata Dall, 1886

Poromya granulata (Nyst and Westendorp, 1839)

Poromya houbricki Bernard, 1989

Poromya laevis E. A. Smith, 1885

Poromya leonina (Dall, 1916)

Poromya malespinae (Ridewood, 1903)

Poromya neaeroides Sequenza, 1876

Poromya neozelanica (Dell, 1956)

Poromya rostrata Rehder, 1943

Poromya tenuiconcha (Dall, 1913)

Poromya tornata (Jeffreys, 1876)

Poromya trosti Strong and Hertlein, 1937

References

Poromyidae Wikipedia

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