Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Pododesmus foliatus (Broderip, 1834)

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Bivalvia

Order
Pectinida

Superfamily
Anomoiidea

Family
Anomiidae

Genus
Pododesmus

Species
foliatus

Taxon category: Accepted

FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984; Syn.: Placunanomia foliatus Broderip, 1834, Placunanomia gouldi Reeve, 1859, Placunanomia pernoides Carpenter, 1857, Pododesmus puntarensis Soot-Ryen, 1952, Tedinia pernoides Gray, 1853, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pododesmus foliatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10484. Accessed 23 June 2025.