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Leukoma
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Leukoma

Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. 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.

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21 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pacific Littleneck Clam

speciesLeukoma staminea

Heavy-ribbed Venus

speciesLeukoma crassicosta

Rough-sided Littleneck Clam

speciesLeukoma laciniata

Leukoma grata

speciesLeukoma grata

Jedo Venus

speciesLeukoma jedoensis

Taca Clam

speciesLeukoma thaca

Leukoma pectorina

speciesLeukoma pectorina

Leukoma asperrima

speciesLeukoma asperrima

Leukoma euglypta

speciesLeukoma euglypta

Leukoma columbiensis

speciesLeukoma columbiensis

Leukoma beili

speciesLeukoma beili

Beaded Venus

speciesLeukoma granulata

Leukoma pertincta

speciesLeukoma pertincta

Leukoma subrostrata

speciesLeukoma subrostrata

Leukoma decussata

speciesLeukoma decussata

Leukoma metodon

speciesLeukoma metodon

Leukoma sugillata

speciesLeukoma sugillata

Leukoma histrionica

speciesLeukoma histrionica

Leukoma ecuadoriana

speciesLeukoma ecuadoriana

Leukoma restorationensis

speciesLeukoma restorationensis

Leukoma lima

speciesLeukoma lima

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 333604.