Rangia cuneata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Mactridae
- Genus
- Rangia
- Species
- Rangia cuneata
- Scientific Name
- Rangia cuneata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rangia cuneata
Rangia cuneata or Atlantic rangia, also known as wedge clam, gulf wedge clam, common rangia, and cocktail clam, is a mollusc native to the Gulf of Mexico. It is an oval clam with a body length of up to 5 cm, living from the intertidal zone to depths of 124 meters. It is edible and is harvested for food in Mexico, and has been so since pre-Hispanic times.
...Rangia cuneata in languages:
- Dutch
- Amerikaanse strandschelp
- Dutch
- Brakwater-strandschelp
- Dutch
- Brakwaterstrandschelp
- English
- Atlantic Rangia
- French
- Rangia d'Atlantique
- Latvian
- Atlantijas rangija
- Lithuanian
- Atlantinė rangija
- Russian
- Атлантическая рангия
- Swedish
- Amerikansk trågmussla
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