| Pelecyora Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil valve of Pelecyora brocchii from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Pelecyora Dall, 1902 |
| Species | |
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Pelecyora is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
Species within the genus Pelecyora include:
Fossils of Pelecyora are found in the marine strata throughout the world, including the Quaternary of Thailand, the Pliocene of Italy and Spain, the Miocene of Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and the Eocene of Belgium, Pakistan and the United States.
The Veneridae or venerideees, common name: venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as food sources.
Venus is a genus of small to large saltwater clams in the family Veneridae, which is sometimes known as the Venus clams and their relatives. These are marine bivalve molluscs.
Turritella is a genus of medium-sized sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.
Siliqua is a genus of saltwater razor clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae, the razor clams and jackknife clams.
Tulip snail, or Tulip shell is the common name for eight species of large, predatory, subtropical and tropical sea snails from the Western Atlantic. These species are in the genus Fasciolaria. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle shells, tulip shells and their allies.
Dosinia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes, 1853. The shell of Dosinia species is disc-like in shape, usually white, and therefore is reminiscent of the shells of Lucinid bivalves.
Barbatia is a genus of "bearded" ark clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.
Tropidophora is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiidae.
Bursa is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Bursidae, the frog snails or frog shells.
Cominella is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cominellidae.
Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.
Pleuroploca is a genus of very large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera.
Fissurella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fissurellinae of the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Anachis is a large genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Columbella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Eulima is a genus of small, ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Pitar is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus contains over 60 species.
Glycymeris, common name the bittersweet clams, is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Glycymerididae.
Cyclotopsis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.
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