Antigona (bivalve)

Summary

Antigona is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[1]

Antigona
Antigona lamellaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Antigona
Schumacher, 1817
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Chione (Omphaloclathrum) Mörch, 1853
  • Omphaloclathrum Mörch, 1853 (objective synonym of Antigiona)
  • Tigammona Iredale, 1930

Species edit

  • Antigona chemnitzii (Hanley, 1845)
  • Antigona gladstonensis (Angas, 1872)
  • Antigona koonpoi Thach, 2023
  • Antigona lacerata (Hanley, 1845)
  • Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817
  • Antigona laqueata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)
  • Antigona magnifica (Hanley, 1845)
  • Antigona nghiai Thach, 2023
  • Antigona pernitida N. H. Woods, 1931
  • Antigona persimilis (Iredale, 1930)
  • Antigona resticulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)
  • Antigona somwangi M. Huber, 2010
  • Antigona sowerbyi (Deshayes, 1854)
  • Antigona vietnamensis Thach, 2023
Synonyms
  • Antigona elimatula (Darragh, 2010: synonym of Proxichione elimatula Darragh, 2010

References edit

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Antigona Schumacher, 1817". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.

External links edit

  • Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls
  • Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65
  • 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.
  • Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM).