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Leukoma

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Not to be confused with Leucoma.

Leukoma
A shell of Leukoma columbiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Leukoma
Römer, 1857
Species

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Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1] This genus of bivalves has been exploited by humans since prehistory; for example, the Chumash peoples of California harvested this genus from Morro Bay in approximately 1000 AD.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Leukoma include:

Notes

  1. ^ Veneridae, 2001
  2. ^ C. M.Hogan, 2008

References

  • WoRMS page
  • Taxonomic family Veneridae (2001) [1]
  • C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008) [2]
  • The dictionary definition of leukoma at Wiktionary


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