Meretrix (bivalve)
Meretrix is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. They appeared in the fossil record in the Cenomanian age.
| Meretrix Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present ~ | |
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| Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) for sale as food in a market in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China | |
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| A whole shell of Meretrix lyrata showing both the outside and the inside | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Meretrix Lamarck 1799 |
| Type species | |
| Meretrix lyrata Sowerby 1851 | |
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Species
Species in the genus Meretrix include:[1]
- Meretrix lamarckii[2]
- Meretrix lusoria
- Meretrix lyrata
- †Meretrix chalcedonica, early Danian Lefipán Formation, Cañadón Asfalto Basin, Argentina[3]
- †Meretrix dalli, Paleocene Martinez Formation of California
- †Meretrix faba, Cenomanian Khatiyah Formation of the United Arab Emirates[4]
- †Meretrix hikoshimensis, Oligocene Ashiya Group of Japan
- †Meretrix hornii, Paleocene to Eocene California
- †Meretrix indica, Paleocene Hangu Shales of Pakistan
- †Meretrix negritosensis, Miocene Zorritos Formation of Peru
- †Meretrix nuttalliopsis, Eocene Boca de Serpiente Formation of Trinidad and Tobago
- †Meretrix persica, Miocene of Iran and India
- †Meretrix shantii, Eocene Umm al-Rua'us Formation of Saudi Arabia
- †Meretrix stantoni, Paleocene California
- †Meretrix subimpressa, Eocene Trinidad and Tobago and Maryland
- †Meretrix uvasana, Paleocene to Eocene California
References
- Meretrix at Fossilworks.org
- Meretrix lamarckii at GBIF
- Goin et al., 2006, p.506
- Ras al Khaimah, UAE at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , and . 2006. The earliest Tertiary therian mammal from South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26. 505–510. Accessed 2019-03-30.
Further reading
- Reid, Shannon (2003). "Meretrix lyrata (Soweby, 1851)". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, Academy of Natural Sciences.
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