Macrocallista
Appearance
Macrocallista | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Macrocallista Meek, 1876 |
Species | |
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Macrocallista is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Macrocallista include:
- Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) – calico clam
- Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786) – sunray venus clam
References
[edit]- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69-70.