Leukoma
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| A shell of Leukoma columbiensis | |
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| Genus: | Leukoma Römer, 1857
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Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks 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
References
- WoRMS page
- Taxonomic family Veneridae (2001) [1]
- C. Michael Hogan, Los Osos Back Bay, Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham (2008) [2]
External links
The dictionary definition of leukoma at Wiktionary
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