Rangia (bivalve)

Rangia is a genus of bivalve molluscs or clams in the family Mactridae.[1][2]

Rangia
Shell of Rangia flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Rangia
Desmoulins, 1832
Synonyms

Gnathodon G.B.Sowerby I, 1832

Species

There are three species:[1]

  • Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) – Atlantic rangia
  • Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1840) – Brown rangia
  • Rangia mendica (Gould, 1851)

References
  1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Rangia Desmoulins, 1832". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. "Rangia Desmoulins, 1832". ITIS Report. Retrieved 21 March 2011.


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