Rangia (bivalve)

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Rangia
Rangia flexuosa (MNHN-IM-2000-34897) 006.jpeg
Shell of Rangia flexuosa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Rangia
Desmoulins, 1832
Synonyms

Gnathodon G.B.Sowerby I, 1832

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

Species[]

There are three species:[1]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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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