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Periglypta
Sign in to savePeriglypta is a genus of bivalves in the subfamily Venerinae of the family Veneridae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyVeneridae
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- Specimen records
- 294
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Veneridae
- Collections
- UF, YPM, UCMP, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Egypt, Venezuela
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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
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