Agriopoma is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs that belongs to the family Veneridae (venus clams).Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69. It is a large and heavy genus with chalky shells. They do not have any color patterns.
This genus has a more northern distribution compared to other genera being found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Species of this genus used to have inhabited the Americas during the Eocene epoch but has since receded. It inhabits saltwater habitats.
Taxonomy The genus was described in 1992 by William Healey Dall, a prominent American malcologist. It was considered to be a subgenus of Callocardia.
Species Agriopoma arestum (Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901) Agriopoma catharium (Dall, 1902) † Agriopoma gatunensis (Dall, 1903) Agriopoma morrhuanum (Dall, 1902) - False quahog Agriopoma texasianum (Dall, 1892) – Texas venus Agriopoma tomeanum (Dall, 1902) Synonyms Agriopoma aequinoctiale Fischer-Piette, 1969: synonym of Pitar consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852) Agriopoma mexicanum (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948): synonym of Agriopoma catharium (Dall, 1902) Agriopoma morrhuanus [sic]: synonym of Agriopoma morrhuanum (Dall, 1902) (incorrect gender ending) Agriopoma texasiana (Dall, 1892): synonym of Agriopoma texasianum (Dall, 1892) (incorrect gender ending)
References
External links Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40. Palmer K. Van Winkle. (1927-1929). The Veneridae of eastern America, Cenozoic and Recent. Palaeontographica Americana. 1(5): 209-522 [March 1927, pls 32-76]