Penitella gabbi (Gabb's Piddock, )

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Gabb's Piddock

Description

Family Pholadidae

Shell decidedly elongated, without a notch on the ventral side of the valves near the anterior end (the anterior end may, however, be abruptly truncate ); burrowing in firm mud , clay , or shale.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Bivalvia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
        Subclass: Metabranchia ()
        Superorder: Eulamellibranchia ()
        Order: Myoida () - Stoliczka, 1870
        Superfamily: Pholadoidea ()
        Family: Pholadidae () - Lamarck, 1809 - Piddocks
        Subfamily: Martesiinae ()
        Genus: Penitella () - (Tryon, 1863)
        Specific name: gabbi - (Tryon, 1863)
        Scientific name: - Penitella gabbi (Tryon, 1863)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Penitella

There are approximately 11 species in this genus:

P. conradi (Abalone Piddock) · P. curvata · P. fitchi (Fitch Piddock) · P. gabbi (Gabb's Piddock) · P. gabbii (Gabb Piddock) · P. hopkinsi (Chimney Piddock) · P. kamakurensis (Alaska Piddock) · P. kotakae · P. penita (Flap-Tip Piddock) · P. richardsoni (Monterey Piddock) · P. turnerae (Turner Piddock)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 31, 2006.

Identifiers

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 633159