Petricola

Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

==Species== According to the World Register of Marine Species database, species within the genus Petricola include: Petricola aequistriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 Petricola angolensis Cosel, 1995 Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 Petricola botula Olsson, 1961 Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) Petricola concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Petricola dactylus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1823) Petricola denticulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) Petricola exarata (Carpenter, 1857) Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818 Petricola habei M. Huber, 2010 Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854) Petricola inversa Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001 Petricola japonica Dunker, 1882 Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791) Petricola linguafelis (Carpenter, 1857) Petricola lithophaga (Philippson, 1788) Petricola monstrosa (Gmelin, 1791) Petricola olssoni F. R. Bernard, 1983 Petricola quadrasi (Hidalgo, 1886) Petricola rugosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Petricola scotti Coan, 1997 Synonyms: Petricola brugieri Hanley : synonym of Venerupis bruguieri (Hanley, 1845) Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998 : synonym of Petricolaria donnae (Petuch, 1998) Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826) Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948: synonym of Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854) Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818: synonym of Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination) Petricola robusta G.B. Sowerby I, 1834: synonym of Choristodon robustus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (original combination)