Periglypta
Genus of bivalves
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Periglypta is a genus of bivalves in the subfamily Venerinae of the family Veneridae.[2][3][4]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914 |
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| Venus puerpera Linnaeus, 1771 | |
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus has eight extant species.[4] There are nine fossil species listed in Fossilworks, five of which are not extant:[1]
- †Periglypta caesarina (W.H. Dall, 1903)
- †Periglypta caribbeana Anderson, 1927
- Periglypta corbis (Lamarck, 1818)
- Periglypta crispata (Deshayes, 1854)
- Periglypta exclathrata (Sacco, 1900)
- Periglypta listeri (J.E. Gray, 1838) – Princess Venus clam
- Periglypta multicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Periglypta puerpera (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)[5]
- †Periglypta tamiamensis A.A. Olsson & R.E. Petit, 1964
- †Periglypta tarquinia (W.H. Dall, 1900)
- Periglypta valentichscotti Thach, 2021
- †Periglypta weegeeree Darragh & Kendrick, 2010
In addition, Markus Huber (2010) mentioned that Periglypta and Antigona are synonyms, but Chen et al. (2011) rejected this opinion.[4][6]
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