Polymesoda is a genus of clams in the family Cyrenidae.[1] The genus was previously classified in the family Corbiculidae,[2] before it was subsumed into Cyrenidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Polymesoda:[3]
- Polymesoda aequilatera (Deshayes, 1855)
- Polymesoda anomala (Deshayes, 1855)
- Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)
- †Polymesoda borealis Kadolsky, 1995
- †Polymesoda bravoensis (Olsson, 1931)
- Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) – Carolina marsh clam
- †Polymesoda convexa (Brongniart, 1822)
- †Polymesoda cordata (J. Morris, 1854)
- †Polymesoda dejaeri Glibert & van de Poel, 1966
- †Polymesoda deperdita (Lamarck, 1806)
- †Polymesoda distorta (Ludwig, 1865)
- †Polymesoda donacina (F. Sandberger, 1861)
- †Polymesoda dulwichiensis (Rickman, 1860)
- Polymesoda exquisita (Prime, 1867)
- Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846)
- Polymesoda fontainei (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)
- Polymesoda inflata (Philippi, 1851)
- †Polymesoda laevis (Lamarck, 1805)
- †Polymesoda langauensis Hölzl, 1957
- Polymesoda meridionalis (Prime, 1865)
- †Polymesoda mermieri (Depéret, 1896)
- Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- †Polymesoda muravchiki Pérez, Genta Iturrería & Griffin, 2010
- Polymesoda neubaueri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022
- Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855)
- †Polymesoda obovata (J. Sowerby, 1817)
- Polymesoda obscura (Prime, 1860)
- Polymesoda ordinaria (Prime, 1865)
- †Polymesoda pireti (Cossmann, 1908)
- Polymesoda placens (Hanley, 1845)
- Polymesoda radiata (Hanley, 1845)
- †Polymesoda salobris (Ihering, 1907)
- †Polymesoda subarata (Schlotheim, 1820)
- †Polymesoda tegalensis Oostingh, 1935
- †Polymesoda transcaucasica (Kvaliashvili, 1962)
- Polymesoda triangula (Busch in Philippi, 1849)
- Polymesoda tribunalis (Prime, 1870)
- †Polymesoda trigalensis (Olsson, 1931)
- †Polymesoda ulmensis (F. Sandberger, 1872)
- †Polymesoda visenoviensis Kadolsky, 1989
- Former species
Many former species of the genus Polymesoda were transferred to the genus Geloina, while others were synonymized or transferred to different genera. For a list of former species see List of former species in the genus Polymesoda.
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. and S. Gofas. (2014). Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Polymesoda. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
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