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Atactodea

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

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Atactodea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mesodesmatidae
Genus: Atactodea
Gmelin, 1791
Type species
Mactra glabrata
Gmelin, 1791
Atactodea striata source ↗

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)
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