Periglypta is a genus of bivalves in the subfamily Venerinae of the family Veneridae.
Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus has eight extant species. There are nine fossil species listed in Fossilworks, five of which are not extant: Periglypta caesarina (W.H. Dall, 1903) Periglypta caribbeana Anderson, 1927 Periglypta corbis (Lamarck, 1818) Periglypta crispata (Deshayes, 1854) Periglypta exclathrata (Sacco, 1900) Periglypta listeri (J.E. Gray, 1838) – Princess Venus clam Periglypta multicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Periglypta puerpera (Linnaeus, 1771) Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Periglypta tamiamensis A.A. Olsson & R.E. Petit, 1964 Periglypta tarquinia (W.H. Dall, 1900) Periglypta valentichscotti Thach, 2021 Periglypta weegeeree Darragh & Kendrick, 2010
In addition, Markus Huber (2010) mentioned that Periglypta and Antigona are synonyms, but Chen et al. (2011) rejected this opinion.
References
Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. 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.
External links
Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp. Jukes-Browne, A. J. 1914. A Synopsis of the Family Veneridae. Part 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 58-74