Agriopoma

Agriopoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Agriopoma Dall, 1902
Species
See text.

Agriopoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Agriopoma arestum (Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901)
• Agriopoma catharium (Dall, 1902)
• † Agriopoma gatunensis (Dall, 1903)
• Agriopoma morrhuanum (Dall, 1902)
• Agriopoma texasianum (Dall, 1892) – Texas venus
• Agriopoma tomeanum (Dall, 1902)

Synonyms

• Agriopoma aequinoctialeFischer-Piette, 1969: synonym of Pitar consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Agriopoma mexicanum(Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948): synonym of Agriopoma catharium(Dall, 1902)
• Agriopoma morrhuanus [sic]: synonym of Agriopoma morrhuanum(Dall, 1902) (incorrect gender ending)
• Agriopoma texasiana(Dall, 1892): synonym of Agriopoma texasianum(Dall, 1892) (incorrect gender ending)

References

1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Agriopoma Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415019 on 2022-01-20

External links

• Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40.
• Palmer K. Van Winkle. (1927-1929). The Veneridae of eastern America, Cenozoic and Recent. Palaeontographica Americana. 1(5): 209-522 [March 1927, pls 32-76]