Periplomatidae

{{Short description|Family of bivalves}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Periplomatidae

| image = Crosse&Fischer1865 pl11 fig1 Offadesma angasi.png

| image_caption = Offadesma angasi

| authority = Dall, 1895

| display_parents = 2

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text.

}}

Periplomatidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Anomalodesmata order.

Genera and species

;Synonyms:

  • Aperiploma Habe, 1952: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
  • Bontaea T. Brown, 1844: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
  • Galaxura Leach in Gray, 1852: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
  • Takashia Bernard, 1989: synonym of Pendaloma Iredale, 1930

References

  • {{ITIS |id=81940 |taxon=Periplomatidae}}
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-85467-054-8}}
  • Valentich-Scott, P. & Coan E.V. (2010). "Three new species of Periploma (Bivalvia, Periplomatidae) from the Panamic Province." Zootaxa 2673 (2010): 65–68.
  • 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

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Category:Bivalve families

Category:Taxa named by William Healey Dall