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

Periplomatidae
Offadesma angasi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Superorder: Anomalodesmata
Superfamily: Thracioidea
Family: Periplomatidae
Dall, 1895
Genera

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Genera and species

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Synonyms
  • Aperiploma Habe, 1952: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
  • Bontaea T. Brown, 1844: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
  • Galaxura Leach in Gray, 1852: synonym of Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839
  • Takashia Bernard, 1989: synonym of Pendaloma Iredale, 1930

References

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  • "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.
  • 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