Atactodea

Atactodea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mesodesmatidae
Genus:
Gmelin, 1791
Type species
Mactra glabrata
Gmelin, 1791

Atactodea is a genus of saltwater clams of the family Mesodesmatidae described by William Healey Dall in 1895.[1]

The following species are recognized:[1]

  • Atactodea cuneata (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Atactodea erycinaea (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Atactodea heterodon (Reeve, 1854)
  • Atactodea layardi (Reeve, 1854)
  • Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Atactodea subobtusa (Jousseaume, 1895)

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Atactodea Dall, 1895". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 May 2024.