Tucetona

Tucetona
One valve of a shell of Tucetona laticostata from California, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcoida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Tucetona
Iredale, 1931

Tucetona is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Glycymerididae, the bittersweet clams. Unlike other genera in the family, Tucetona species have a ribbed shell.

Species

Species within the genus Tucetona include:

References


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