Macrocallista

Macrocallista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Macrocallista
Meek, 1876

Macrocallista is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Macrocallista include:

References

  1. 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.


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