Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Petricolaria
Parent taxon: Petricola according to Dall 1900
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Petricola (Claudiconcha), Petricola (Petricola), Petricola (Petricolirus), Petricola (Petricoxenica), Petricola (Pseudoirus), Petricola californiensis, Petricola calvertensis, Petricola claibornensis, Petricola dactylus, Petricola gracilis, Petricola harrisii, Petricola hertzana, Petricola lapicida, Petricola millestriata, Petricola olssoni, Petricola pectorosa, Petricola rugosa, Petricola tellimyalis
Subtaxa: Petricola (Petricolaria) calvertensis Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela Petricolaria cognata Petricolaria pholadiformis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Morocco (1 collection), United States (37: California, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland)
Total: 43 collections including 44 occurrences