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Mactridae; Temporal range: Cretaceous to Present
	Shell of Spisula solida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Veneroida
Family:	Mactridae; Lamarck, 1809
Genera
	See text.

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Mactridae, also known as trough shells or duck clams, is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.

The shells are mostly large and ovate with a strong hinge, the teeth divided by a central spoon-shaped chondrophore. A long anterior and a similar posterior lateral in the left valve, fit between paired anterior and posterior laterals in the right valve, and, in addition, there is a small bifid lamellate cardinal in each valve, anterior to the chondrophore.

Genera

Anatina Schumacher, 1817
Lutraria Lamarck, 1799
Longimactra Finlay, 1928
Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
Mactrellona
Mactromeris Conrad, 1868
Mactrotoma Dall, 1894
Mulinia Gray, 1837
Raeta Gray, 1853
Rangia Desmoulins, 1832
Resania Gray, 1852
Simomactra Dall, 1894
Spisula Gray, 1837
Tresus Gray, 1853
Zenatia Gray, 1853

References

"Mactridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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 '''''Mactridae''''', also known as '''trough shells''' or '''duck clams''', is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[bivalve]] [[clam]]s of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Veneroida]].
+The shells are mostly large and ovate with a strong hinge, the teeth divided by a central spoon-shaped chondrophore.  A long anterior and a similar posterior lateral in the left valve, fit between paired anterior and posterior laterals in the right valve, and, in addition, there is a small [[wiktionary:bifid|bifid]] lamellate cardinal in each valve, anterior to the chondrophore.
 ==Genera==
 * ''[[Anatina]]'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>
-* ''[[Lutraria]]'' <small>Lamarck, 1799</small>
+* ''[[Lutraria]]'' <small>[[Lamarck]], 1799</small>
-* ''[[Mactra]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1767</small>
+* ''[[Longimactra]]'' <small>Finlay, 1928</small>
+* ''[[Mactra]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]], 1767</small>
 * ''[[Mactrellona]]''
 * ''[[Mactromeris]]'' <small>Conrad, 1868</small>
-* ''[[Mactrotoma]]'' <small>Dall, 1894</small>
+* ''[[Mactrotoma]]'' <small>[[W. H. Dall|Dall]], 1894</small>
 * ''[[Mulinia]]'' <small>Gray, 1837</small>
 * ''[[Raeta]]'' <small>Gray, 1853</small>
 * ''[[Rangia (genus)|Rangia]]'' <small>Desmoulins, 1832</small>
-* ''[[Simomactra]]'' <small>Dall, 1894</small>
+* ''[[Resania]]'' <small>Gray, 1852</small>
+* ''[[Simomactra]]'' <small>[[W. H. Dall|Dall]], 1894</small>
 * ''[[Spisula]]'' <small>Gray, 1837</small>
 * ''[[Tresus]]'' <small>Gray, 1853</small>
+* ''[[Zenatia]]'' <small>Gray, 1853</small>
 ==References==
 * {{ITIS|ID=80942|taxon=Mactridae}}
+* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand [[1979]] ISBN 0-00-216906-1
 [[Category:Mactridae| ]]