''Mulinia'' is a genus of small to medium-sized saltwater and estuarine clams, marine

bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the family

Mactridae Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family (biology), family of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusks in the order (biology), order Venerida. Description These clams have two short siphons, each with a ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Mulinia'' include: * '' Mulinia cleryana'' * '' Mulinia coloradoensis'' – the Colorado Delta clam * '' Mulinia edulis'' * ''

Mulinia lateralis ''Mulinia lateralis'', the dwarf surf clam or coot clam, is a species of small saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Description ''Mulinia lateralis'' has a some ...

'' * '' Mulinia pallida''

References

Mactridae Bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub