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Description

Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petricola, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287606	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287606
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18056	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18056

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Petricola

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Petricolina : Petricola

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Meretricinae	Gray 1847
tribe	Meretricini	Gray 1847
family	Petricolina
genus	Petricola	Lamarck 1801

Scientific Name

Petricola Lamarck, 1801

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1801. Systéme des animaux sans vertèbres. Deterville, Paris.: i-viii; 1-432; pls. 1-6.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Petricola	genus	belongs to Petricolidae	stated with evidence	Glenn, 1904
Petricola	genus	belongs to Petricolidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Petricola	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Petricola	genus	belongs to Petricolidae	stated with evidence	Schneider et al., 2005
Petricola	genus	belongs to Petricolidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (52%)

First Recorded Appearance

113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

stationary

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: WB, SE/IM, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petricola

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Petricola (Claudiconcha) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Petricola (Petricola) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		23	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Petricola (Petricolaria) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		41	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Petricola (Petricoxenica) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		4	20.4 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Petricola aequistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola angolensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola bicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola botula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola californiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola calvertensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Petricola carditoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola claibornensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Petricola concinna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola concoralla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola dactylus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Petricola denticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola digitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola eocaenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola exarata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola fabagella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola habei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola harrisii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Petricola hertzana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola hoerleae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola insignis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola inversa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola japonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola lapicida species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Petricola linguafelis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola lithophaga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola millestriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Petricola monstrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola oblonga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola olssoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Saxicava pectorosa species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Petricola quadrasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola rugosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Petricola scotti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola senterfeiti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petricola tenuissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Naranio Gray, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Naranio*
Pseudoirus Habe, 1951	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Pseudoirus*
Ruperella Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Ruperella*
Naranais Eastman, 1900	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Naranais*
Roxellaria Agassiz, 1845	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Roxellaria*
Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Rupellaria*
Claudiconcha P.Fischer, 1887	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Claudiconcha*
Petricolirus Habe, 1951	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Petricolirus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1801	Petricola Lamarck
1904	Petricola Glenn p. 302
1976	Petricola Vokes p. 47
1980	Petricola Vokes p. 179
1982	Petricola Woodring p. 709
1987	Petricola Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992	Petricola Lamprell and Whitehead p. 158
2002	Petricola Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Petricola Schneider et al. p. 103
2010	Petricola Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Vokes H. E. (1976) A new subgenus and species of Petricola (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Pliocene of Southern Florida, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12 1-2, 47-48

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Schneider S., Witt W., et al (2005) Ostracods and bivalves from an Upper Pleistocene (Tyrrhenian) marine terrace near Altinova (Izmit Province, Turkey), Zitteliana 45, 87-114

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Coan, Eugene V., Paul Valentich Scott, and Frank R. Bernard, 2000: Bivalve Seashells of Western North America: Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs, Number 2; Studies in Biodiversity, Number 2. viii + 764. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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