Oxyperas

Oxyperas
Taxon	Oxyperas
Authority	Mörch, 1853^[1]
Type species	Oxyperas lentiginosum
Type species authority	(A. Gould, 1852)
Subdivision ranks	Species
Subdivision	Oxyperas asperaeformis (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934) Oxyperas aspersum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Oxyperas bellianum (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915) Oxyperas bernardi (Pilsbry, 1904) Oxyperas coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1884) Oxyperas egenum (Reeve, 1854) Oxyperas elongatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Oxyperas exense P. A. Maxwell, 1978 Oxyperas flemingi (Marwick, 1960) Oxyperas leda (H. J. Finlay, 1924) Oxyperas lentiginosum (A. Gould, 1852) Oxyperas ortmanni Zinsmeister, 1984 Oxyperas proaspersum (Sacco, 1901) Oxyperas transversum (Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms	Longimactra H. J. Finlay, 1928 Mactra (Oxyperas) Mörch, 1853 Mactra (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901 superseded combination Oxyperas (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901 Pseudoxyperas Sacco, 1901 Spisula (Oxyperas) Mörch, 1853 superseded rank Spisula (Pseudoxyperas) Sacco, 1901

Oxyperas is a genus of large marine bivalve molluscs or clams, in the family Mactridae.^[2]

References

^ Mörch, O. A. L. (1852–1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 page(s): vol. 2 p. 4
^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1