WoRMS taxon details
Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818
AphiaID: 140730
AphiaID: 140730
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Petricolinae (Subfamily) > Petricola (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Petricola Lamarck, 1801 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] basis of record: 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] additional source: Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 163 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p. [details] additional source: Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p. [details] additional source: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Petricola pholadiformis gracilis Van Regteren Altena, 1971 accepted as Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) Subspecies Petricola pholadiformis lata Dall, 1925 accepted as Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] Baltic sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belize [details] Belt Sea [details] British Isles [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Colombia [details] Cuba [details] De Haan [details] De Panne [details] Elbe [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] German Bight [details] Goote Bank [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mexico [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oostende [details] Pointe Noire (Congo) [details] South Norway [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wenduine [details] West Africa [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Conchyliurus cardii tapetis Bocquet & Stock, 1958 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Petricola pholadiformis Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (233 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
alien species: The natural distribution area of the false angelwing Petricola pholadiformis was limited to the east coast of North America, but was brought to Europe (England) around 1890 together with the transport of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. The planktonic larvae of the false angelwing could subsequently reach the rest of Europe by hitchhiking on the sea currents. The species was first observed in Belgian waters at Nieuwpoort in 1899. Now, the false angelwing mainly lives around our east and middle coast. This bivalve drills passageways in peat blocks, wood, hard clay and limestone. Living individuals are often found in washed ashore peat blocks. Empty shells are frequently found on our beaches. [details] Description: A thin, fragile elongated shell up to 65 mm long. The outside of the shell is covered with ribs radiating from the top that are crossed by the growth lines. The ribs in the front part under the top bear clear squamous projections used to ‘bore’ through the substrate. The colour is lime white or yellowish white; older specimens are coloured brownish yellow. Bores in hard clay, limestone and solid mud as well as in pieces of peat and wood. [details] Distribution: In both periods Petricola pholadiformis could only be found in the coastal zone, with a clear preference for the eastern coastal zone. Although the distribution of the species was limited, high densities were observed locally: up to 500 ind./m2 in the 1976-1986 period and up to 1,000 ind./m2 in the 1994-2001 period. [details] Habitat: Petricola pholadiformis is only found in fine sediments with a median grain size < 250 μm. In sediments with a median grain size of 100-150 μm a relative occurrence of 50% is even noted. The mud content seems less decisive for the habitat preference; however, the species does not occur in sediments without mud and the relative occurrence increases as the mud content of the sediment increases. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140730 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Huber, M.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2013). Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140730 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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