''Trinitasia'' is a genus of saltwater 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 ...

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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 ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trinitasia Maury, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596611 on 2022-10-15

Species

* '' Trinitasia iheringi'' (Dall, 1897)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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References

* Maury, C.J. (1928). Trinitasia, a new molluscan genus from South America. Science. 67 (1734), 318. * Signorelli, J. H.; Pastorino, G. (2012). Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida). Zootaxa. 3245, 30-53. {{Taxonbar, from=Q18598421 Mactridae Bivalve genera