''Cumingia'' is a genus of marine clams in the family
Semelidae
The Semelidae are a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Cardiida.
Description
Members of this family have rounded or oval, elongated shells, much flattened. The two valves are connected by an internal ligament in c ...
. It is also represented in the fossil record.
''
Cumingia lamellosa'' is an introduced species in Venezuela.
Species
* ''
Cumingia antillarum'' A.Adams, 1850
* ''
Cumingia californica''
Conrad, 1837
* ''
Cumingia coarctata'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
* ''
Cumingia lamellosa'' (Sowerby, 1833)
* ''
Cumingia mutica'' G.B.Sowerby, 1833
* ''
Cumingia sinuosa'' A.Adams, 1850
* ''
Cumingia tellinoides
''Cumingia'' is a genus of marine clams in the family Semelidae. It is also represented in the fossil record.
'' Cumingia lamellosa'' is an introduced species in Venezuela.
Species
* '' Cumingia antillarum'' A.Adams, 1850
* '' Cumingia cal ...
'' (
Conrad, 1831)
; Names brought to synonymy
* ''Cumingia elegans'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1873 is a synonym for ''
Thyellisca lamellosa'' (H. Adams, 1873)
* ''Cumingia parthenopaea'' Tiberi, 1855 is a synonym for ''
Poromya granulata
''Poromya granulata'', or the granular poromya, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Poromyidae. It is unusual among bivalves in being carnivorous. It is found in more northerly parts of the Atlantic Ocean.
Description
''Poromy ...
''.
See also
*
List of marine molluscs of Venezuela
The marine molluscs of Venezuela are a part of the molluscan fauna of Venezuela. The marine molluscs are the snails, clams and mussels, chitons, octopuses, squid and cuttlefish that live in marine and estuarine habitats. The freshwater and land m ...
References
* Adams, A. 1850. An arrangement of Stomatellidae, including the characters of a new genus Cumingia, with some additional generic characters. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850(18): 29-40, pl. 8
External links
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''Cumingia'' at Catalogue of Life
Semelidae
Bivalve genera
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