Leukoma

Leukoma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Leukoma; Römer, 1857
Species
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Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.^[1] This genus of bivalves has been exploited by humans since prehistory; for example, the Chumash peoples of California harvested this genus from Morro Bay in approximately 1000 AD.^[2]

Species[]

Species within the genus Leukoma include:

Leukoma staminea

Notes[]

^ Veneridae, 2001
^ C. M.Hogan, 2008

References[]

WoRMS page
Taxonomic family Veneridae (2001) [1]
C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008) [2]

External links[]

The dictionary definition of leukoma at Wiktionary

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[1] Veneridae, 2001

[2] C. M.Hogan, 2008

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