Rangia (bivalve)

Rangia is a genus of bivalve molluscs or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae.

Species

There are three species:

• Rangia cuneata <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)</small> – Atlantic rangia
• Rangia flexuosa <small>(Conrad, 1840)</small> – Brown rangia
• † Rangia johnsoni <small>Dall, 1898</small>
• Rangia mendica <small> (Gould, 1851)</small>

• Rangia cyrenoides <small>Des Moulins, 1832</small>: synonym of <small>Rangia cuneata</small> (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

References

• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. I. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers.
• Gill, T. (1895). Rangia the proper name of the mactroid genus Gnathodon. The Nautilus. 8(9): 102-103