Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pododesmus foliatus
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pododesmus foliatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10484. Accessed 31 October 2026.