Meretrix (bivalve)

Meretrix
Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) for sale as food in a market in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China
A whole shell of Meretrix lyrata showing both the outside and the inside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Meretrix
Species: M. lyrata
Binomial name
Meretrix lyrata
(Sowerby, 1851)
Synonyms

Cytherea lyrata Sowerby, 1851

Meretrix is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

Species

Species in the genus Meretrix include:

References

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