Tucetona

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Tucetona
One valve of a shell of Tucetona laticostata from California, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Tucetona
Iredale, 1931

Tucetona is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Glycymerididae, the bittersweet clams. Unlike other genera in the family, Tucetona species have a ribbed shell.

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Tucetona include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Valentich-Scott, V. & Garfinkle, E.A.R. (2011). "A new species of Tucetona (Bivalvia: Glycymerididae) from Mexico." Zootaxa 2769: 65-68.
  2. ^ Unkosher honor: New clam species named after Haaretz restaurant critic
  3. ^ WoRMS Tucetona