Periplomatidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Anomalodesmata order.
| Periplomatidae | |
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| Offadesma angasi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Superorder: | Anomalodesmata |
| Superfamily: | Thracioidea |
| Family: | Periplomatidae Dall, 1895 |
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Genera and species
edit- Albimanus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
- Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
- Halistrepta Dall, 1904
- Halistrepta sulcata (Dall, 1904) – sulcate spoonclam
- Offadesma Dall, 1904
- Offadesma angasi (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
- Pendaloma Iredale, 1930
- Periploma Schumacher, 1817
- 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
edit- "Periplomatidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 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