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Macrocallista

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Macrocallista
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Macrocallista
Meek, 1876
Species

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Macrocallista is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Macrocallista include:

References

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  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69-70.