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Poromyidae

Synonyms: Cetomyinae; Dermatomyidae; Neaeroporomyidae; Perlaporomyidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Poromyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Pholadomyoida. The genus Dilemma, described in 2008, is remarkable for being a predator of copepods, which is very unusual for a sessile mollusc.
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Genus

Cetomya (20)
Cymella (1)
Dermatomya (4)
Dilemma (4)
Liopistha (10)
Lissomya (2)
Neaeroporomya (3)
Poromya (White poromya) (27)
Pseudocuspidaria (1)
Psilomya (3)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0