Dilemma (bivalve)
Dilemma is a genus of marine bivalves of the family Poromyidae. The genus is remarkable for encompassing predators of isopods and ostracods, unusual for sessile molluscs.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Anomalodesmata |
| Superfamily: | Poromyoidea |
| Family: | Poromyidae |
| Genus: | Dilemma Leal, 2008 |
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Species
- Dilemma frumarkernorum Leal, 2008
- Dilemma inexpectatum (Crozier, 1966)
- Dilemma japonicum Sasaki & Leal, 2008
- Dilemma spectralis Leal, 2008
References
- Leal J. H. (2008). "A remarkable new genus of carnivorous, sessile bivalves (Mollusca: Anomalodesmata: Poromyidae) with descriptions of two new species". Zootaxa 1764: 1–18. PDF fulltext.
- Includes photo
- Sasaki T. & Leal J. H. (2008). "Dilemma japonicum new species (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Poromyidae): A new record of the genus from the Northwest Pacific". The Nautilus 122: 166-170. PDF fulltext.
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