Propeamussium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Ostreoida.BiolibMolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Propeamussium de Gregorio, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138324 on 2022-02-11
Living representatives of the genus enjoy a global distribution. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 50 accepted species.
Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Pliocene age (235.0 to 3.6 Ma). The majority of fossils of this genus are found throughout Europe and North America.The Paleobiology Database
Selected species Propeamussium alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894) Propeamussium andamanense (Bavay, 1905) Propeamussium andamanicum (E. A. Smith, 1894) Propeamussium arabicum Dijkstra & R. Janssen, 2013 Propeamussium boucheti Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008 Propeamussium caducum (E. A. Smith, 1885) † Propeamussium cowperi Waring, 1917 Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885) Propeamussium investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1906) Propeamussium jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1885) Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873))- Propeamussium malpelonium (Dall, 1908) Propeamussium meridionale (E. A. Smith, 1885) Propeamussium octodecimliratum Melvill & Standen, 1907 † Propeamussium papakurense (E. Clarke, 1905) Propeamussium regillum Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2017 Propeamussium richeri Dijkstra, 2001 Propeamussium rosadoi Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2015 Propeamussium rubrotinctum (Oyama, 1951) Propeamussium sibogai (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904) Propeamussium siratama (Oyama in Kuroda, 1951) Propeamussium steindachneri (Sturany, 1899) Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885) † Propeamussium yubarense (Yabe & Nagao, 1928) † Propeamussium zitteli (Hutton, 1873) Propeamussium zoniferum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
Synonyms Propeamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886) Propeamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886) Propeamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886) Propeamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885): synonym of Parvamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
References
Frederick A. Sundberg - Propeamussium Species (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern California - Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 53–63 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
Oyama K. (1944). [Classification of the genus Propeamussium] [in Japanese]. Venus. 13(5-8): 240-254 de Gregorio, A. (1884). Nota intorno ad alcune nuove conchiglie mioceniche di Sicilia. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 3 (4): 119-120 Dijkstra, H. H. (1995). Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 9-73 Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica. 10: 1-108