Meretrix (bivalve)
| Meretrix | |
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| Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) for sale as food in a market in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- Reid, Shannon (2003). "Meretrix lyrata (Soweby, 1851)".OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, Academy of Natural Sciences.
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