Oxyperas

Genus of bivalves

Oxyperas
Oxyperas elongatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Subfamily: Mactrinae
Genus: Oxyperas
Mörch, 1853[1]
Type species
Oxyperas lentiginosum
(A. Gould, 1852)
Subgenus and Species[2]
  • †Oxyperas (Rugosoxyperas) T. Habe, 1977
    • †Oxyperas (Rugosoxyperas) asperaeformis (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
  • Oxyperas aspersum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Oxyperas bellianum (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
  • Oxyperas bernardi (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Oxyperas coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1884)
  • Oxyperas egenum (Reeve, 1854)
  • Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  • †Oxyperas exense P. A. Maxwell, 1978
  • †Oxyperas flemingi (Marwick, 1960)
  • †Oxyperas leda (H. J. Finlay, 1924)
  • Oxyperas lentiginosum (A. Gould, 1852)
  • †Oxyperas ortmanni Zinsmeister, 1984
  • Oxyperas proaspersum (Sacco, 1901)
  • Oxyperas transversum (Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms[2]
  • Longimactra H. J. Finlay, 1928
  • Mactra (Oxyperas) Mörch, 1853
  • Mactra (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901 superseded combination
  • Oxyperas (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901
  • Pseudoxyperas Sacco, 1901
  • Spisula (Oxyperas) Mörch, 1853 superseded rank
  • Spisula (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901

Oxyperas is a genus of large marine bivalve molluscs or clams, in the family Mactridae.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mörch, O. A. L. (1852–1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 page(s): vol. 2 p. 4
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Oxyperas Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492529 on 25 July 2024
  3. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Taxon identifiers
Oxyperas
Longimactra