Polymesoda

Polymesoda is a genus of clams in the family Cyrenidae.[1] They were previously in the family Corbiculidae,[2] before it was subsumed into Cyrenidae.

Polymesoda
Polymesoda arctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Cyrenoidea
Family: Cyrenidae
Genus: Polymesoda
Rafinesque, 1820
Species

See text.

Species include:[1]

  • Polymesoda acuta
  • Polymesoda anomala
  • Polymesoda arctata
  • Polymesoda bengalensis
  • Polymesoda boliviana
  • Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) – Carolina marsh clam
  • Polymesoda exquisita
  • Polymesoda floridana
  • Polymesoda fontainei
  • Polymesoda inflata
  • Polymesoda maritima (Orbigny, 1842) – maritime marsh clam
  • Polymesoda meridionalis
  • Polymesoda mexicana
  • Polymesoda notabilis
  • Polymesoda obscura
  • Polymesoda ordinaria
  • Polymesoda powelli
  • Polymesoda proxima
  • Polymesoda radiata
  • Polymesoda tribunalis

References

  1. Bouchet, P. and S. Gofas. (2014). Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Polymesoda. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).


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