Siliqua (genus)

Siliqua (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Siliqua"


image_width = 240px
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
subclassis = Heterodonta
ordo = Veneroida
superfamilia = Solenacea
familia = Cultellidae
genus = "Siliqua"
genus_authority = Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Siliqua" is a genus of saltwater razor clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Cultellidae, the razor clams and jackknife clams.

pecies

* Pacific razor clam, "Siliqua patula"
* Atlantic razor clam, "Siliqua costata"

External links

* [http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Bivalvia/Solenacea.html Razor & jackknife clams]


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