Mactridae

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Mactridae
Fossil range: Cretaceous to Present
Shell of Spisula solida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Mactridae
Lamarck, 1809
Genera

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Mactridae, also known as trough shells or duck clams, is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.

The shells are mostly large and ovate with a strong hinge, the teeth divided by a central spoon-shaped chondrophore. A long anterior and a similar posterior lateral in the left valve, fit between paired anterior and posterior laterals in the right valve, and, in addition, there is a small bifid lamellate cardinal in each valve, anterior to the chondrophore.

[edit] Genera

  • Anatina Schumacher, 1817
  • Lutraria Lamarck, 1799
  • Longimactra Finlay, 1928
  • Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
  • Mactrellona
  • Mactromeris Conrad, 1868
  • Mactrotoma Dall, 1894
  • Mulinia Gray, 1837
  • Raeta Gray, 1853
  • Rangia Desmoulins, 1832
  • Resania Gray, 1852
  • Scalpomactra Finlay, 1928
  • Simomactra Dall, 1894
  • Spisula Gray, 1837
  • Tresus Gray, 1853
  • Zenatia Gray, 1853

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