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Genus of bivalves
Leukoma is a
genus of saltwater clams,
marine
bivalve
molluscs in the family
Veneridae, the Venus clams.
[1] 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.
[2]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Leukoma:
[1]
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Leukoma asperrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
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Leukoma beili (Olsson, 1961)
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Leukoma columbiensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
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Leukoma crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
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Leukoma decussata (Deshayes, 1853)
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Leukoma ecuadoriana (Olsson, 1961)
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Leukoma euglypta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
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Leukoma granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
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Leukoma grata (Say, 1831)
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Leukoma histrionica (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
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Leukoma jedoensis (Lischke, 1874)
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Leukoma laciniata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
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Leukoma lima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
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Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
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Leukoma pectorina (Lamarck, 1818)
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Leukoma pertincta (Dall, 1902)
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Leukoma restorationensis (Frizzell, 1930)
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Leukoma staminea (Conrad, 1837)
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Leukoma subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818)
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Leukoma sugillata (Reeve, 1863)
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Leukoma thaca (Molina, 1782)
References
External links
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The dictionary definition of
leukoma at Wiktionary