Periplomatidae

Periplomatidae is a family of large marine bivalves of the Anomalodesmata order.

Periplomatidae
Offadesma angasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Subclass:	Heterodonta
Order:	Anomalodesmata
Superfamily:	Thracioidea
Family:	Periplomatidae Dall, 1895
Genera
See text.

Genera and species

• Halistrepta Dall, 1904
  • Halistrepta sulcata (Dall, 1904) – sulcate spoonclam
• Offadesma Dall, 1904
  • Offadesma angasi (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
• Periploma Schumacher, 1817
  • Periploma abyssorum
  • Periploma affine A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898 – related spoonclam
  • Periploma alaskanum Williams, 1940
  • Periploma aleuticum (Krause, 1885) – Aleutian spoonclam
  • Periploma anguliferum (Philippi, 1847) – angled spoonclam
  • Periploma discus Stearns, 1890 – round spoonclam
  • Periploma fragile (Totten, 1835) – fragile spoonclam
  • Periploma hendrickxi Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
  • Periploma kaiserae Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
  • Periploma leanum (Conrad, 1831) – lea spoonclam, oval spoonclam
  • Periploma margaritaceum (Lamarck, 1801) – unequal spoonclam
  • Periploma orbiculare
  • Periploma papyratium (Say, 1822) – paper spoonclam
  • Periploma planiusculum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 – flat spoonclam
  • Periploma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
  • Periploma skoglundae Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
  • Periploma tenerum P. Fischer, 1882 – delicate spoonclam

References

• "Periplomatidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
• Valentich-Scott, P. & Coan E.V. (2010). "Three new species of Periploma (Bivalvia, Periplomatidae) from the Panamic Province." Zootaxa 2673 (2010): 65-68.