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Taxonomy
Petricolidae was named by Deshayes (1839). It is extant.
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Veneridae by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); it was reranked as the subfamily Petricolinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); it was reranked as the family Petricolina by Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Veneracea by Glenn (1904), Vokes (1980) and Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Veneroidea by Ward (1992), Coan et al. (2000) and Nevesskaja (2009); to Veneridae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Meretricini by Carter et al. (2011).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Veneridae by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006); it was reranked as the subfamily Petricolinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); it was reranked as the family Petricolina by Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Veneracea by Glenn (1904), Vokes (1980) and Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Veneroidea by Ward (1992), Coan et al. (2000) and Nevesskaja (2009); to Veneridae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Meretricini by Carter et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Petricolidae Deshayes |
| 1904 | Petricolidae Glenn p. 302 |
| 1980 | Petricolidae Vokes p. 179 |
| 1987 | Petricolidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130 |
| 1992 | Petricolidae Ward p. 111 |
| 2000 | Petricolidae Coan et al. p. 259 |
| 2009 | Petricolidae Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Petricolinae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Petricolina Carter et al. p. 17 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Petricolina Deshayes 1839
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G. Choristodon Jonas 1844
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Choristodon robustus Sowerby 1834
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Invalid names: Choristodon typicum Jonas 1844 [synonym], Petricola anchoreta Folin 1867 [synonym], Petricola bulbosa Gould` 1851 [synonym], Petricola buwaldi Clark 1915 [synonym], Petricola riocanensis Maury 1917 [synonym], Petricola sinuosa Conrad 1849 [synonym], Petricola venusta Folin 1867 [synonym]
G. Lajonkairia Deshayes 1854
G. Mysia Lamarck 1818
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†Mysia irradiata Cossmann 1887
†Mysia morleti Cossmann 1887
Mysia pellucida Tate 1891
†Mysia segregata Cossmann 1887
Invalid names: Lucinopsis Forbes and Hanley 1848 [objective synonym]
G. Petricola Lamarck 1801
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Subg. Petricola (Petricola) Lamarck 1801
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Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837
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Invalid names: Petricola pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym], Saxicava abrupta Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Subg. Petricola (Petricolaria)
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†Petricola (Petricolaria) calvertensis Dall 1900
Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Petricolaria cognata Adams 1852
Subg. †Petricola (Petricoxenica) Vokes 1976
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†Petricola (Petricoxenica) concoralla Vokes 1976
†Petricola (Petricoxenica) hoerleae Vokes 1976
Subg. Petricola (Pseudoirus)
†Petricola calvertensis Dall 1900
†Petricola claibornensis Harris 1919
Petricola dactylus Sowerby 1823
†Petricola harrisii Dall 1898
Petricola hertzana Coan 1997
Petricola lapicida Gmelin 1792
†Petricola millestriata Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Petricola olssoni Bernard 1983
†Petricola pectorosa Conrad 1834
Petricola rugosa Sowerby 1834
G. †Pleiorytis Conrad 1862
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†Pleiorytis caroniana Maury 1925
†Pleiorytis orthra Woodring 1982
†Pleiorytis ovata Conrad 1862
†Pleiorytis striata Conrad 1833
G. †Velargilla Iredale 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available