Pholadidea
Pholadidea is a taxonomic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadidae. Most members of Pholididea bore into shale, soft rock and coral for shelter, with the exception of Pholididea wiffenae, which is a wood-borer.Appearance
The Pholididea are distinguished from the other genera in Martesiinae by having only on umbonal-ventral sulcus, a longitudinally-divided mesoplax, and either no metaplax and hypoplax, or a single plate caused by deposition of calcite in the periostratum.Occurrence
Pholididea is known from the Eocene to the Holocene, while the subgenus P. is known only from the Holocene. Species have been reported from the Palaeocene and Late Cretaceous, but these likely belong in other genera.Taxonomy
The following taxonomic classifications exist in Pholididea:Subgenera
- Pholadidea Turton, 1819
- Pholadidea Gray, 1851
Species
- Pholadidea acherontea Beu & Climo, 1974
- Pholadidea esmeraldensis Olsson, 1961
- Pholadidea fauroti Jousseaume, 1888
- Pholadidea loscombiana Turton, 1819
- Pholadidea melanura.B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Pholadidea quadra G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
- Pholadidea suteri Lamy, 1926
- Pholadidea tridens Gray, 1843
- Pholadidea tubifera G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
; Synonyms
- Pholadidea acutithyra Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960 accepted as Penitella acutithyra Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960
- Pholadidea cheveyi Lamy, 1927 accepted as Aspidopholas ovum W. Wood, 1828
- Pholadidea chishimana Habe, 1955 accepted as Penitella gabbii Tryon, 1863
- Pholadidea dolichothyra Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960 accepted as Penitella dolichothyra Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960
- Pholadidea minuscula Dall, 1908 accepted as Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1898
- Pholadidea sagitta Dall, 1916 accepted as Penitella penita Conrad, 1837
