Family

Mactridae (Trough shells)

Tresus nuttallii. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Veneroida.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Bivalvia (Bivalves)
      - Subclass: Autobranchia
        Infraclass: Heteroconchia
        Subterclass: Euheterodonta
        Superorder: Imparidentia
        Order: Venerida
        Superfamily: Mactroidea
        Family: Mactridae (Trough shells)
        Subfamily: Lutrariinae (2)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Lutrariinae

Where in Humboldt

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