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Mesodesma
Sign in to saveMesodesma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mesodesmatidae. It is the type genus of the family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyMesodesmatidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 267
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Mesodesmatidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, UF, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Chile, Maldives, Antarctica, Australia, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mesodesmatidae
- Image
- Mesodesma donacium Family Mesodesmatidae - Flickr - Dick Culbert.jpg
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- taxon name
- Mesodesma
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Deshayes, 1831
- Commons category
- Mesodesma
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mesodesma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mesodesmatidae. It is the type genus of the family.
==Species== There are numerous species within the genus Mesodesma, including: Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818) colloquially known and eaten as macha in Peru and Chile
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mesodesma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.