Rangia (bivalve)

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Rangia
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Shell of Rangia flexuosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Rangia
Desmoulins, 1832
Synonyms
  • GnathodonG.B.Sowerby I, 1832
  • Rangia (Rangia)Desmoulins, 1832 · alternate representation
  • Rangia (Rangianella)Conrad, 1868 · alternate representation
  • RangianellaConrad, 1868

Rangia is a genus of bivalve molluscs or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae. [1] [2]

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Species

There are three species: [2]

Synonyms

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References

  1. ↑ "Rangia Desmoulins, 1832". ITIS Report. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Rangia Desmoulins, 1832". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 August 2021.


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