Tucetona | |
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One valve of a shell of Tucetona laticostata from California, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Arcoida |
Family: | Glycymerididae |
Genus: |
Tucetona Iredale, 1931 |
Tucetona is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Glycymerididae, the bittersweet clams. Unlike other genera in the family, Tucetona species have a ribbed shell.
Species within the genus Tucetona include: