NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Periplomatidae
  Order - Pholadomyoida
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Periploma aleuticum
      Species - Periploma fragile
      Species - Periploma leanum
      Species - Periploma papyratium
      Species - Periploma discus
      Species - Periploma margaritaceum
      Species - Periploma abyssorum
      Species - Periploma orbiculare
      Species - Periploma affine
      Species - Periploma planiusculum
      Species - Periploma anguliferum
      Species - Periploma tenerum
      Species - Periploma alaskanum