Biology:Rangia (bivalve)

Short description: Genus of bivalves

Rangia
Shell of Rangia flexuosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Mactroidea
Family:	Mactridae
Genus:	Rangia Desmoulins, 1832
Synonyms
Gnathodon G.B.Sowerby I, 1832 Rangia (Rangia) Desmoulins, 1832 · alternate representation Rangia (Rangianella) Conrad, 1868 · alternate representation Rangianella Conrad, 1868

Rangia is a genus of bivalve molluscs or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae.

Species

There are three species:

• Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) – Atlantic rangia
• Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1840) – Brown rangia
• † Rangia johnsoni Dall, 1898
• Rangia mendica (Gould, 1851)

Synonyms

• Rangia cyrenoides Des Moulins, 1832: synonym of Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

References

• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. I. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers.
• Gill, T. (1895). Rangia the proper name of the mactroid genus Gnathodon. The Nautilus. 8(9): 102-103

Wikidata ☰ Q3802218 entry