Genus

Leukoma

Leukoma staminea. Photo: (c) C. Mallory, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. 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.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
      - Subclass: Autobranchia
        Infraclass: Heteroconchia
        Subterclass: Euheterodonta
        Superorder: Imparidentia
        Order: Venerida
        Superfamily: Veneroidea (Veneroid clams)
        Family: Veneridae (Venus clams)
        Subfamily: Venerinae
        Genus: Leukoma
        Species: Leukoma staminea (Pacific littleneck clam)

Subtaxa

Species: Leukoma staminea (Pacific littleneck clam)

Genus

Leukoma

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