PETRICOLIDAE d’Orbigny, 1840

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 788-789

Family PETRICOLIDAE d’Orbigny, 1840

This family was first noted by Deshayes (1832-EncyMeth: 552, 553) as the vernacular, “Pétricolées”.

Lajonkairia – Deshayes, 1855d: 217-218. — Type species (SD P. Fischer, 1887): Venerupis decussata Philippi, 1836 . Lajonkaireia P. Fischer, 1887 , is an incorrect subsequent spelling; Lajonkairea Jukes-Browne, 1910 , is an unjustified emendation. — Current status: valid genus. Philippi’s species is now regarded as a junior synonym of Lajonkairia lajonkairii ( Payraudeau, 1826) [ Venerupis ] ( Nevesskaja et al. 2013: 412, fig. 150-5; Coan & Kabat 2017: 97).

arcuata , Petricola – Deshayes, 1839d: 358; 1840: pl. 19; 1853a: 208. — Type locality: California. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [ Saxicava ] ( Coan et al. 2000: 390-391).

bipartita , Petricola – Deshayes, 1853a: 211. — Type locality: Samar Island, Philippine Islands. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818 ( Huber 2010a: 431; 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

chinensis , Petricola – Deshayes, 1853a: 211. — Type locality: China. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818 ( Huber 2010a: 431, 750).

cultellus , Petricola – Deshayes, 1853a: 213. — Type locality: Ceylon. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1995216, 3 syntypes. — Current status: Petricolaria cultellus (Deshayes, 1853) ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

cylindracea , Petricola – Deshayes, 1839d: 358-359; 1840: pl. 20. 1853a: 208. — Type locality: California. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MHMUK 1966562, 2 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [ Saxicava ] ( Coan et al. 2000: 390-391).

faujasii, Clotho –Deshayes, 1823-DictClass4: 223. Genus Clotho was created by Faujas de Saint-Fond (1808: 390-392, pl. 40) without species. Its type species (SM) was fixed here by Deshayes with this new, then-unnamed species figured by Faujas de Saint-Fond was from Cliou[sclat], Loriol, France. — Type age: Pliocene. The genus appears to be a synonym of Petricola Lamarck, 1801 . — Current status: probable synonym of Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) [ Venus ], which has been reported from the Pliocene of France.

gracilis , Petricola – Deshayes, 1853a: 214. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 196953, 3 syntypes. — Current status: the eastern Atlantic Petricolaria gracilis (Deshayes, 1853) ( Oliver 1992: 194, pl. 44; Cosel & Gofas 2019: 938-939).

hyalina , Petricola – Deshayes, 1845- Algér: pl. 66, figs 1-4. — Type locality: Algeria. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) [ Venus ] (Bucquoy et al. 1893: 445-450, pl. 67, figs 20-28; Lamy 1923: 324).

insignis , Venerupis – Deshayes, 1854b: 6, pl. 18, fig. 4. — Type locality: “ New Zealand ”; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. G. B. Sowerby II, 1854a: 765, pl. 164, figs 5-6. — Type material: NHMUK, 3 syntypes. — Current status: the eastern Pacific Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854) ( Huber 2010a: 431, 750; Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 848-849).

legumen , Saxicava – Deshayes, 1839d: 358; 1841: 2, pl. 29; 1853a: 190-191. — Type locality: California; Mr. Chiron. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [ Saxicava ] ( Coan et al. 2000: 390-391).

mirabilis , Petricola – Deshayes, 1853a: 207. — Type locality: California. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1966555, holotype. G. B. Sowerby II, 1854a: 766, pl. 165, fig. 24, as Venerupis mirabilis , ex Deshayes ms ( Petit 2009: 138). Habe (1951: 98) proposed a new genus, Pseudoirus , based (OD) on Venerupis mirabilis Deshayes, 1853 , citing the original description of Petricola mirabilis Deshayes , but figuring a specimen from Japan, of what is now known as Petricola habei Huber (2010a: 431 , 750, unavailable; 2010b: 16, available). Thus, his new genus was based on a misidentification (ICZN Code Art. 70.3.2), as fixed by Huber (2010a). The Japanese species was figured, as “ Pseudoirus mirabilis (Deshayes, 1853) ” by Matsukuma, in Okutani (2017: 1250, pl. 546, fig. 5). Habe’s genus is now regarded as a synonym of Petricola . — Current status: synonym of Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) [ Saxicava ] ( Coan et al. 2000: 390-391; Huber 2010a: 430, 750).

rariflamma, Petricola – Deshayes, 1839: 8, pl. 12, figs 10-12; 1850-TraitElem: 494-495; 1844-RegAnim: pl. 106, fig. 3, 3a. 1853a: 210. — Type locality: Britain. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) [ Venus ] ( Kantor & Sysoev 2005: 391; Sabelli et al. 1990: 331; Huber 2010a: 431; 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

serrata , Petricola – Deshayes, 1853a: 212. — Type locality: “ New Zealand ”. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK unnumbered, 7 syntype valves of which 2 are broken. — Current status: the amphi-Atlantic Petricolaria serrata (Deshayes, 1853) ( Huber 2010a: 433) .

ventricosa , Petricola – Deshayes, 1853a: 214. — Type locality: California. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1966556.1- 3, lectotype & 2 paralectotypes. — Current status: synonym of the Panamic Petricola denticulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 851-853).

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divaricata , Petricola – Guérin-Méneville & Deshayes, 1868: 62, pl. 30, fig. 10, internal sketch only, as “Deshayes”. — Type locality: “Indian Ocean, Australia ”. — Type age: Recent. Error for Petricola divaricata d’Orbigny, 1853 , a synonym of the Caribbean P. lapacida (Gmelin, 1791) [ Venus ].