''Tucetona'' is a
genus
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of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve molluscs in the
family
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Glycymerididae
Glycymerididae, often misspelled as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Arcida. They are related to the ark clams. This family contains 45 extan ...
, the bittersweet clams. Unlike other genera in the family, ''Tucetona'' species have a ribbed shell.
Species
Species within the genus ''Tucetona'' include:
* ''
Tucetona amboinensis''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Tucetona angusticosta''
Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
* ''
Tucetona arcodentiens
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona' ...
''
(Dall, 1895)
* ''
Tucetona audouini
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona' ...
''
(Jousseaume in Lamy, 1916)
* ''
Tucetona aureomaculata''
(Angas, 1879)
* ''
Tucetona auriflua''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''
Tucetona bicolor
''Tucetona bicolor'' is a species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any ...
''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''
Tucetona broadfooti''
(Iredale, 1929)
* ''
Tucetona isabellae
''Tucetona isabellae'' is a species of clam that was described in 2011 by Paul Valentich-Scott, Curator of Malacology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH), and Elizabeth A. R. Garfinkle, 11th grade student at San Roque High Sch ...
''
Valentich-Scott & Garfinkle, 2011
* ''
Tucetona kauaia''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Tucetona kilburni''
Matsukuma, 1984
* ''
Tucetona laticostata''
( Quoy & Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1835)
* ''
Tucetona mindoroensis
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona ...
''
(E. A. Smith, 1916)
* ''
Tucetona molokaia
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona ...
''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Tucetona montrouzieri
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona ...
''
(Angas, 1872)
* ''
Tucetona multicostata
''Tucetona multicostata'' is a species of clam
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* ''
Tucetona nodosa
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona ...
''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''
Tucetona nux
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona ...
''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Tucetona oculata
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona ...
''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''
Tucetona odhneri
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona ...
''
Iredale, 1939
* ''
Tucetona pallium
''Tucetona'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the family (biology), family Glycymerididae, the bittersweet clams. Unlike other genera in the family, ''Tucetona'' species have a ribbed shell.
Species
Speci ...
''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''
Tucetona pectinata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Tucetona pectunculus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Tucetona planata
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona' ...
''
(G. Nevill & H. L. Nevill, 1874)
* ''
Tucetona prashadi''
(Nicol, 1951)
* ''
Tucetona saggiecoheni''
Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015WoRMS Tucetona
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* '' Tucetona scalarisculpta'' Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
* '' Tucetona sericata'' (Reeve, 1843)
* '' Tucetona shinkurosensis'' Hatai, Niino & Kotaka in Niino, 1952
* '' Tucetona sibogae'' Matsukuma, 1982
* '' Tucetona sordida'' (Tate, 1891)
* '' Tucetona strigilata'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* ''Tucetona subpectiniformis
''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
Species within the genus ''Tucetona ...
'' (Nomura & Zinbo, 1934)
* '' Tucetona subtilis'' Nicol, 1956
* '' Tucetona tegulicia'' (Melvill, 1898)
* '' Tucetona tsugioi'' Matsukuma, 1984
References
Catalogue of LifeWoRMS
Glycymerididae
Bivalve genera
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