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
~94.3–0 Ma
Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) for sale as food in a market in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China
A whole shell of Meretrix lyrata showing both the outside and the inside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Meretrix
Lamarck 1799
Type species
Meretrix lyrata
Sowerby 1851
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cytheraea (Meretrix) Lamarck 1805
  • Cytherea (Meretrix) Lamarck 1805

Species

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Species in the genus Meretrix include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Meretrix at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Meretrix lamarckii at GBIF
  3. ^ Meretrix meretrix at WoRMS
  4. ^ a b c Idris, Mohd Hanafi; Abu Hena, Mustafa Kamal; Hamli, Hadi; Rajaee, Amy; Al-Asif, Abdulla- (16 December 2022). "The molecular approach reveals the relationship among Venus clams (Meretrix spp.) community in Malaysia" (PDF). Biotropia. 29 (3): 213–224. doi:10.11598/btb.2022.29.3.1583.
  5. ^ Hsiao, Sheng-Tai; Chuang, Shih-Chang (2023). "Meretrix taiwanica (Bivalvia: Veneridae), a previously misidentified new species in Taiwan". Molluscan Research. 43 (1). Taylor & Francis Group: 12–21. Bibcode:2023MollR..43...12H. doi:10.1080/13235818.2023.2189428.
  6. ^ Goin et al., 2006, p.506
  7. ^ Ras al Khaimah, UAE at Fossilworks.org

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