Leukoma | |
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A shell of Leukoma columbiensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: |
Leukoma Römer, 1857 |
Species | |
See text |
Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [1] 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. [2]
The following species are recognised in the genus Leukoma: [1]
Leukoma | |
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A shell of Leukoma columbiensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: |
Leukoma Römer, 1857 |
Species | |
See text |
Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [1] 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. [2]
The following species are recognised in the genus Leukoma: [1]