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Penitella Valenciennes, 1846 
AphiaID: 492704

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Myoida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family) > Martesiinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Penitella conradi Valenciennes, 1846 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Martesiinae Grant & Gale, 1931
Synonymised
taxa		  Navea Gray, 1851 (synonym)
Sources  redescription: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [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]

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[hide all]		 Subgenus Penitella (Monoplax) Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960
Subgenus Penitella (Penitella) Valenciennes, 1846
Species Penitella acutithyra (Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960)
Species Penitella conradi Valenciennes, 1846
Species Penitella dolichothyra (Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960)
Species Penitella fitchi Turner, 1955
Species Penitella gabbii (Tryon, 1863)
Species Penitella hopkinsi Kennedy & Armentrout, 1989
Species Penitella penita (Conrad, 1837)
Species Penitella richardsoni Kennedy, 1989
Species Penitella turnerae Evans & Fisher, 1966

Species Penitella curvata Tryon, 1865 accepted as Penitella penita (Conrad, 1837)
Species Penitella incisa Lamy, 1921 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Penitella larvata Lamy, 1921 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Penitella lignivora Lamy, 1921 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Penitella parva Tryon, 1865 accepted as Penitella conradi Valenciennes, 1846
Species Penitella phaseolina Lamy, 1921 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Penitella pisum Lamy, 1921 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Penitella silicula Lamy, 1921 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Penitella speloea Conrad, 1855 accepted as Penitella penita (Conrad, 1837)
Species Penitella stillata Lamy, 1921 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Penitella tubigera Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Aspidopholas tubigera (Valenciennes, 1846)
Species Penitella wilsonii Conrad, 1849 accepted as Pholadidea melanura (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Penitella xilophaga Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492704
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-08-02 10:05:06Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2012-07-15 12:55:22Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Penitella Valenciennes, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492704 on 2013-05-22
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