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Rangia
Shell of Rangia flexuosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Mactroidea
Family:	Mactridae
Genus:	Rangia Desmoulins, 1832
Synonyms
Gnathodon G.B.Sowerby I, 1832 Rangia (Rangia) Desmoulins, 1832 · alternate representation Rangia (Rangianella) Conrad, 1868 · alternate representation Rangianella Conrad, 1868

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

Species

There are three species:

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

Synonyms

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

References

1. "Rangia Desmoulins, 1832". ITIS Report. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Rangia Desmoulins, 1832". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

• 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

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