Rangia cuneata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Mactridae |
Genus: | Rangia |
Species: | R. cuneata
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Binomial name | |
Rangia cuneata (
G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Rangia cuneata or Atlantic rangia, also known as wedge clam, gulf wedge clam, common rangia, and cocktail clam, is a mollusc native to the Gulf of Mexico. It is an oval clam with a body length of up to 5cm, living from the intertidal zone to depths of 124 meters. [2] It is edible and is harvested for food in Mexico, and has been so since pre-Hispanic times. [3]
Atlantic rangia have been introduced to the US North Atlantic coast, Belgium ( Antwerp) and the Baltic Sea. [4]
Rangia cuneata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Mactridae |
Genus: | Rangia |
Species: | R. cuneata
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Binomial name | |
Rangia cuneata (
G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Rangia cuneata or Atlantic rangia, also known as wedge clam, gulf wedge clam, common rangia, and cocktail clam, is a mollusc native to the Gulf of Mexico. It is an oval clam with a body length of up to 5cm, living from the intertidal zone to depths of 124 meters. [2] It is edible and is harvested for food in Mexico, and has been so since pre-Hispanic times. [3]
Atlantic rangia have been introduced to the US North Atlantic coast, Belgium ( Antwerp) and the Baltic Sea. [4]