Mactridae
Sign in to saveMactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.
Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyMactridae
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- Parent taxon
- Mactroidea
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology
- Subfamilies and genera
- Subfamily [[Darininae]]
- Subfamily [[Lutrariinae]]
- Subfamily [[Mactrinae]]
- Subfamily [[Resaniinae]]
- Subfamily [[Tanysiphoninae]]
- ''[[Incertae sedis]]''
- References
Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.
==Description== These clams have two short siphons, each with a horny sheath. The shell is shaped like a rounded-cornered equilateral triangle and there is a slight gape at the posterior. Each valve bears two cardinal teeth with four lateral teeth on the right valve and two on the left. The foot is white and wedge-shaped. They mostly inhabit the neritic zone.