Mactridae
| Mactridae Temporal range: Cretaceous to Present | |
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| Shell of Spisula solida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 |
| Genera | |
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Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Veneroida.
Description
These clams have two short siphons, each with a horny sheath. The shell is shaped like a rounded-cornered equilateral triangle and there is a slight gape at the posterior. Each valve bears two cardinal teeth with four lateral teeth on the right valve and two on the left. The foot is white and wedge-shaped. They mostly inhabit the neritic zone.[1]
Ecology
Trough shells burrow in sand or fine gravel and never in muddy substrates.[2]
Genera
Genera within the family Mactridae include:[3]
- Anatina Schumacher, 1817
- Austromactra Iredale, 1930
- Barymactra Cossmann & Peyrot, 1909
- Colorimactra Iredale, 1929
- Crassula Marwick, 1948
- Cyclomactra Dall, 1895
- Darina Gray, 1853
- Diaphoromactra Iredale, 1930
- Eastonia Icke & Martin, 1905
- Harvella Gray, 1853
- Heterocardia Deshayes, 1855
- Leptospisula Dall, 1895
- Lutraria Lamarck, 1799
- Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
- Mactrella Gray, 1853
- Mactrellona Marks, 1915
- Mactrinula Gray, 1853
- Mactromeris Conrad, 1868
- Meropesta Iredale, 1929
- Mulinia Gray, 1837
- Oxyperas Mörch, 1853
- Pseudocardium
- Raeta Gray, 1853
- Rangia) Desmoulins, 1832
- Resania Gray, 1853
- Scalpomactra Finlay in Marwick, 1928
- Simomactra Dall, 1894
- Spisula Gray, 1837
- Standella Gray, 1853
- Tanysiphon Benson, 1858
- Tresus Gray, 1853
- Trinitasia Maury, 1928
- Tumbeziconcha Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
- Zenatia Gray, 1853
- Zenatina Gill & Darragh, 1963
References
- ↑ Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 156. Collins, London
- ↑ Barrett, J. H. and C. M. Yonge, 1958. Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. P. 156. Collins, London
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=230
- "Mactridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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