Petricola
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| Petricola | |
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| Shell of Petricola angolensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Petricola Lamarck, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Venus lapicida Gmelin, 1791 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]
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