Leukoma

Not to be confused with Leucoma.
Leukoma
A shell of Leukoma columbiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Rafinesque, 1815

Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1] This genus of bivalves has been exploited by humans since prehistory; for example, the Chumash peoples of California harvested this genus from Morro Bay in approximately 1000 AD.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Leukoma include:

Notes

  1. Veneridae, 2001
  2. C.M.Hogan, 2008

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