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Mesodesma
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Mesodesma

Mesodesma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mesodesmatidae. This is the type genus of the family Mesodesmatidae.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Wedgeclam

speciesMesodesma arctatum

Mesodesma donacium

speciesMesodesma donacium

Mesodesma deauratum

speciesMesodesma deauratum

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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 370919.