Mactridae Totally Explained

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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's a small 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
Scalpomactra Finlay, 1928
Simomactra Dall, 1894
Spisula Gray, 1837
Tresus Gray, 1853
Zenatia Gray, 1853

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