Poromyidae

Poromyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Anomalodesmata. The genus Dilemma, described in 2008, is remarkable for being a predator of copepods, which is very unusual for a sessile mollusc.

Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Poromyidae include:


 * Cetomya Dall, 1889
 * Dermatomya Dall, 1889
 * Dermatomya buttoni Dall, 1916
 * Dermatomya mactroides (Dall, 1889)
 * Dilemma Leal, 2008
 * Lissomya Krylova, 1997
 * Poromya Forbes, 1844
 * Poromya albida Dall, 1886
 * Poromya beringiana (Dall, 1916)
 * Poromya elongata Dall, 1886
 * Poromya granulata (Nyst and Westendorp, 1839)
 * Poromya houbricki Bernard, 1989
 * Poromya laevis E. A. Smith, 1885
 * Poromya leonina (Dall, 1916)
 * Poromya malespinae (Ridewood, 1903)
 * Poromya neaeroides Sequenza, 1876
 * Poromya neozelanica (Dell, 1956)
 * Poromya rostrata Rehder, 1943
 * Poromya tenuiconcha (Dall, 1913)
 * Poromya tornata (Jeffreys, 1876)
 * Poromya trosti Strong and Hertlein, 1937