''Rangia'' is a genus of
bivalve
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molluscs or clams in the subfamily
Mactrinae of the
family
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Mactridae.
Species
There are three species:
[
* '' Rangia cuneata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) – Atlantic rangia
* '' Rangia flexuosa'' (Conrad, 1840) – Brown rangia
* '' Rangia mendica'' (Gould, 1851)
;Synonyms:
* ''Rangia cyrenoides'' Des Moulins, 1832: synonym of ''Rangia cuneata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
]
References
* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
External links
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers.
Gill, T. (1895). Rangia the proper name of the mactroid genus Gnathodon. The Nautilus. 8(9): 102-103
Mactridae
Bivalve genera
Taxa named by Charles des Moulins
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