Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1] This genus of bivalves has been exploited by humans since prehistory; for example, the Chumash peoples of California harvested this genus from Morro Bay in approximately 1000 AD.[2]
| Leukoma | |
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| A shell of Leukoma columbiensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Leukoma Römer, 1857 |
| Species | |
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Leukoma:[1]
- Leukoma asperrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Leukoma beili (Olsson, 1961)
- Leukoma columbiensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Leukoma crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
- Leukoma decussata (Deshayes, 1853)
- Leukoma ecuadoriana (Olsson, 1961)
- Leukoma euglypta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
- Leukoma granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Leukoma grata (Say, 1831)
- Leukoma histrionica (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Leukoma jedoensis (Lischke, 1874)
- Leukoma laciniata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Leukoma lima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
- Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
- Leukoma pectorina (Lamarck, 1818)
- Leukoma pertincta (Dall, 1902)
- Leukoma restorationensis (Frizzell, 1930)
- Leukoma staminea (Conrad, 1837)
- Leukoma subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818)
- Leukoma sugillata (Reeve, 1863)
- Leukoma thaca (Molina, 1782)
References
External links
The dictionary definition of leukoma at Wiktionary
