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Selected species

* '' Propeamussium alcocki'' (E. A. Smith, 1894) * '' Propeamussium andamanense'' (Bavay, 1905) * '' Propeamussium andamanicum'' (E. A. Smith, 1894) * '' Propeamussium arabicum'' Dijkstra & R. Janssen, 2013 * '' Propeamussium boucheti'' Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008 * '' Propeamussium caducum'' (E. A. Smith, 1885) * † '' Propeamussium cowperi'' Waring, 1917 * '' Propeamussium dalli'' (E. A. Smith, 1885) * '' Propeamussium investigatoris'' (E. A. Smith, 1906) * '' Propeamussium jeffreysii'' (E. A. Smith, 1885) * '' Propeamussium lucidum'' (Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873))- * '' Propeamussium malpelonium'' (Dall, 1908) * '' Propeamussium meridionale'' (E. A. Smith, 1885) * '' Propeamussium octodecimliratum'' Melvill & Standen, 1907 * † '' Propeamussium papakurense'' (E. Clarke, 1905) * '' Propeamussium regillum'' Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2017 * '' Propeamussium richeri'' Dijkstra, 2001 * '' Propeamussium rosadoi'' Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2015 * '' Propeamussium rubrotinctum'' (Oyama, 1951) * '' Propeamussium sibogai'' (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904) * '' Propeamussium siratama'' (Oyama in Kuroda, 1951) * '' Propeamussium steindachneri'' (Sturany, 1899) * '' Propeamussium watsoni'' (E. A. Smith, 1885) * † '' Propeamussium yubarense'' (Yabe & Nagao, 1928) * † '' Propeamussium zitteli'' (Hutton, 1873) * '' Propeamussium zoniferum'' (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912) ;Synonyms: * ''Propeamussium holmesii'' (Dall, 1886): synonym of '' Parvamussium holmesii'' (Dall, 1886) * ''Propeamussium pourtalesianum'' (Dall, 1886): synonym of '' Parvamussium pourtalesianum'' (Dall, 1886) * ''Propeamussium sayanum'' (Dall, 1886): synonym of '' Parvamussium sayanum'' (Dall, 1886) * ''Propeamussium squamigerum'' (E. A. Smith, 1885): synonym of '' Parvamussium squamigerum'' (E. A. Smith, 1885)

References

* Frederick A. Sundberg - Propeamussium Species (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern California - Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 53–63 * Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links

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[in Japanese Venus. 13(5-8): 240-254]
de Gregorio, A. (1884). Nota intorno ad alcune nuove conchiglie mioceniche di Sicilia. Il Naturalista Siciliano. 3 (4): 119-120

Dijkstra, H. H. (1995). Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 9-73

Dijkstra, H. H. (2013). Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae and Pectinidae) from the Panglao region, Philippine Islands. Vita Malacologica. 10: 1-108
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