Leukoma

Not to be confused with Leucoma.

Not to be confused with Corneal opacity.

Leukoma
A shell of Leukoma columbiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Leukoma Römer, 1857
Species
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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]

• Leukoma asperrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
• Leukoma beili (Olsson, 1961)
• Leukoma columbiensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
• Leukoma crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
• Leukoma decussata (Deshayes, 1853)
• Leukoma ecuadoriana (Olsson, 1961)
• Leukoma euglypta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
• Leukoma granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Leukoma grata (Say, 1831)
• Leukoma histrionica (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
• Leukoma jedoensis (Lischke, 1874)
• Leukoma laciniata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
• Leukoma lima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
• Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
• Leukoma pectorina (Lamarck, 1818)
• Leukoma pertincta (Dall, 1902)
• Leukoma restorationensis (Frizzell, 1930)
• Leukoma staminea (Conrad, 1837)
• Leukoma subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818)
• Leukoma sugillata (Reeve, 1863)
• Leukoma thaca (Molina, 1782)

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leukoma E. Römer, 1857". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
2. Hogan, C.Michael (2008). "Los Osos Back Bay". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

External links

• The dictionary definition of leukoma at Wiktionary