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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.
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
References
Wikispecies has information related to:
- Mactridae (TSN 80942). 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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