Ruditapes largillierti
Ruditapes largillierti | |
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Ruditapes largillierti, exterior of a left valve | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Ruditapes |
Species: | R. largillierti
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Binomial name | |
Ruditapes largillierti (Philippi, 1849)
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Ruditapes largillierti is a saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. They are moderately large for their genus (45–65 mm long), elongate and subrectangular, thick and solid, with smooth ventral margin.[1]
The species has limited use to people and the seafood industry because it resides in very deep ocean water and contains a very common pearl.
Ruditapes largillierti, interior of a left valve
References[]
Categories:
- Veneridae
- Commercial molluscs
- Bivalves of New Zealand
- Bivalves described in 1849
- Veneridae stubs