Leukoma
Sign in to saveLeukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyVeneridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 205
- Family
- Veneridae
- Collections
- LACM, PRI, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Chile, Ecuador, Peru
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Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. 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.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Leukoma: Leukoma asperrima Leukoma beili Leukoma columbiensis Leukoma crassicosta Leukoma decussata Leukoma ecuadoriana Leukoma euglypta Leukoma granulata Leukoma grata Leukoma histrionica Leukoma jedoensis Leukoma laciniata Leukoma lima Leukoma metodon Leukoma pectorina Leukoma pertincta Leukoma restorationensis Leukoma staminea Leukoma subrostrata Leukoma sugillata Leukoma thaca
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leukoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.