Periglypta

Belongs within: Venerinae.

Periglypta is a genus of venerid bivalves that first appeared in the Oligocene. Species are quadrate and heavy with a rounded pallial sinus and cancellate sculpture (Cox et al. 1969). A prominent groove is present on the escutcheon (Darragh & Kendrick 2010).

Periglypta Jukes-Brown 1914DK10 [=Cytherea Lamarck 1809 (preoc.)M27, G79]
    |--*P. puerpera (Linnaeus 1771)KS02, DK10 [=Venus puerperaKS02, *Cytherea puerperaM27]
    |--‘Cytherea’ albida [incl. C. affinis]G79
    |--‘Venus’ anadyomene Anton 1839 [=Cytherea anadyomene]H09
    |--‘Cytherea’ aurantiacaC64
    |--‘Cytherea’ biradiataC64
    |--‘Venus’ calophylla Philippi 1836 [=Cytherea calophylla]H09
    |--‘Chione’ capricornea Hedley 1908 [=Cytherea capricornea]H09
    |--‘Cytherea’ chioneP71
    |--P. clathrata (Deshayes 1854)WBS-S15
    |--‘Cytherea’ convexaG79
    |--P. corbis (Lamarck 1818)WBS-S15
    |--‘Cytherea’ crassatelloidesC64
    |--‘Cytherea’ darienaC64
    |--‘Cytherea’ decisaC64
    |--‘Cytherea’ dioneH04
    |--‘Cytherea’ dunkeri [incl. C. pacifica]C64
    |--‘Cytherea’ effosa Hanley 1842H42
    |--‘Chione’ embrithes Melvill & Standen 1899 [=Cytherea embrithes]H09
    |--‘Cytherea’ excavata Hanley 1842H42
    |--‘Venus’ foliacea Philippi 1846 [=Cytherea foliacea]H09
    |--‘Cytherea’ hebraea Lamarck 1818LS96 [=Macrocallista hebraeaH09; incl. C. rubigonosaG79, C. variansG79]
    |--‘Cytherea’ laeta [incl. C. consanguinea]C64
    |--‘Venus’ lionota Smith 1885 [=Cytherea lionota]H09
    |--‘Dosinia’ listeri Gray 1838 [=Cytherea listeri]H09
    |--‘Cytherea’ lupinariaG79
    |--P. miocenica (Michelotti 1847)DK10
    |--‘Cytherea’ nitidulaC64
    |--‘Cytherea’ petechialisC64
    |--‘Cytherea’ planulataC64
    |--P. resticulata (Sowerby 1853)S-S90
    |--P. reticulata (Linnaeus 1758)S-S90 [=Venus reticulataH09, Cytherea reticulataH09]
    |--‘Cytherea’ rosea Broderip & Sowerby 1829BS29
    |--‘Cytherea’ rudisP71
    |--‘Cytherea’ semilamellosaC64
    |--‘Cytherea’ tenuis Hall & Meek 1854F27
    |--‘Venus’ tiara Dillwyn 1817 [=Cytherea tiara]H09
    |--‘Venus’ toreuma Gould 1850H09 [=Chione toreumaH08, Cytherea toreumaH09; incl. Venus jukesiH08, Chione jukesiH08, V. sculptaH08]
    |--‘Venus’ torresiana Smith 1884 [=Cytherea torresiana]H09
    `--P. weegeeree Darragh & Kendrick 2010DK10

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BS29] Broderip, W. J., & G. B. Sowerby. 1829. Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal 4: 359–379, pl. 9.

[C64] Carpenter, P. P. 1864. Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the west coast of North America. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 33: 517–686.

[DK10] Darragh, T. A., & G. W. Kendrick. 2010. Eocene molluscs from the Merlinleigh Sandstone, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 26 (1): 23–41.

[F27] Finlay, H. J. 1927. New specific names for austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488–533.

[G79] Guppy, R. J. L. 1879. First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. Part I.—Mollusca. Journal of Conchology 2: 151–172.

[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.

[H42] Hanley, S. 1842. Descriptions of four new species of bivalve shells belonging to the genera Solen, Psammobia and Cytherea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 122–123.

[H08] Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part X. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456–489, pls 7–10.

[H09] Hedley, C. 1909. The Marine Fauna of Queensland: Address by the President of Section D. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Brisbane.

[KS02] Kanjilal, S., & M. S. Srinivasan. 2002. New bivalves from the Miocene of Little Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal. Journal of the Geological Society of India 60: 527–536.

[LS96] Lamprell, K. L., & J. Stanisic. 1996. Callista, Lioconcha and Pitar in New Caledonia and adjacent waters (Mollusca, Veneridae). Molluscan Research 17: 27–48.

[M27] Marwick, J. 1927. The Veneridae of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 567–636.

[P71] Panetta, P. 1971. Molluschi del Golfo di Taranto raccolti durante le crociere dell’Albatros. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria” 78: 149–180.

[S-S90] Slack-Smith, S. M. 1990. The bivalves of Shark Bay, Western Australia. In: Berry, P. F., S. D. Bradshaw & B. R. Wilson (eds) Research in Shark Bay: Report of the France-Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee pp. 129–157. Western Australian Museum.

[WBS-S15] Willan, R. C., C. Bryce & S. M. Slack-Smith. 2015. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: molluscs. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 84: 287–343.