Oxyperas

Oxyperas
Oxyperas elongatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Mactridae
Subfamily:	Mactrinae
Genus:	Oxyperas Mörch, 1853 [1]
Type species
Oxyperas lentiginosum (A. Gould, 1852)
Species [2]
† Oxyperas asperaeformis (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934) Oxyperas aspersum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Oxyperas bellianum (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915) Oxyperas bernardi (Pilsbry, 1904) Oxyperas coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1884) Oxyperas egenum (Reeve, 1854) Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) † Oxyperas exense P. A. Maxwell, 1978 † Oxyperas flemingi (Marwick, 1960) † Oxyperas leda (H. J. Finlay, 1924) Oxyperas lentiginosum (A. Gould, 1852) † Oxyperas ortmanni Zinsmeister, 1984 Oxyperas proaspersum (Sacco, 1901) Oxyperas transversum (Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms [2]
LongimactraH. J. Finlay, 1928 Mactra (Oxyperas)Mörch, 1853 Mactra (Pseudoxyperas)Sacco, 1901 superseded combination Oxyperas (Pseudoxyperas)Sacco, 1901 PseudoxyperasSacco, 1901 Spisula (Oxyperas)Mörch, 1853 superseded rank Spisula (Pseudoxyperas)Sacco, 1901

Oxyperas is a genus of large marine bivalve molluscs or clams, in the family Mactridae. ^[3]

References

1. Mörch, O. A. L. (1852–1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 page(s): vol. 2 p. 4
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Oxyperas Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492529 on 25 July 2024
3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1