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Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839 
AphiaID: 138328

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Anomalodesmata (Order) > Thracioidea (Superfamily) > Periplomatidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Periplomatidae Dall, 1895
Synonymised
taxa		  Aperiploma Habe, 1952 (synonym)
 Bontaea Brown, 1844 (synonym)
 Galaxura Leach in Gray, 1852 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Cochlodesma (Bontae)
  » Species Cochlodesma (Bontae) praetenue (Pulteney, 1799) accepted as Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
Species Cochlodesma affine (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
Species Cochlodesma leanum (Conrad, 1831)
Species Cochlodesma pacifica (Okutani, 1962)
Species Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
Species Cochlodesma tenerum Fischer, 1882
Species Cochlodesma undulatum (Verrill, 1885)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138328
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Cochlodesma Couthouy, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138328 on 2013-05-21
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