Meretrix (bivalve)

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Meretrix

| image = Chinese mollusk 003.jpg

| image_caption = Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) for sale as food in a market in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China

| image2 = Meretrix lyrata open.jpg

| image2_caption = A whole shell of Meretrix lyrata showing both the outside and the inside

| fossil_range = Cenomanian–Present
~{{fossil range|94.3|0}}

| authority = Lamarck 1799

| display_parents = 3

| type_species = Meretrix lyrata

| type_species_authority = Sowerby 1851

| synonyms =

Cytheraea (Meretrix) {{small|Lamarck 1805}}
Cytherea (Meretrix) {{small|Lamarck 1805}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Meretrix is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. They appeared in the fossil record in the Cenomanian age.

Species

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Species in the genus Meretrix include:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17895 Meretrix] at Fossilworks.org

Meretrix lamarckii[https://www.gbif.org/species/5855748 Meretrix lamarckii] at GBIF
Meretrix meretrix[https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224891 Meretrix meretrix] at WoRMS{{cite journal |last1= Idris |first1= Mohd Hanafi |last2= Abu Hena |first2= Mustafa Kamal |last3= Hamli |first3= Hadi |last4= Rajaee |first4= Amy |last5= Al-Asif |first5= Abdulla- |title= The molecular approach reveals the relationship among Venus clams (Meretrix spp.) community in Malaysia|journal= Biotropia |date=16 December 2022|volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=213–224|doi=10.11598/btb.2022.29.3.1583 |doi-access=free |url= https://zenodo.org/records/7459115/files/Molecular%20approach%20reveals%20the%20relationship%20among%20Venus%20clams.pdf }}
Meretrix lusoria{{cite journal |last1= Idris |first1= Mohd Hanafi |last2= Abu Hena |first2= Mustafa Kamal |last3= Hamli |first3= Hadi |last4= Rajaee |first4= Amy |last5= Al-Asif |first5= Abdulla- |title= The molecular approach reveals the relationship among Venus clams (Meretrix spp.) community in Malaysia|journal= Biotropia |date=16 December 2022|volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=213–224|doi=10.11598/btb.2022.29.3.1583 |doi-access=free |url= https://zenodo.org/records/7459115/files/Molecular%20approach%20reveals%20the%20relationship%20among%20Venus%20clams.pdf }}
Meretrix lyrata{{cite journal |last1= Idris |first1= Mohd Hanafi |last2= Abu Hena |first2= Mustafa Kamal |last3= Hamli |first3= Hadi |last4= Rajaee |first4= Amy |last5= Al-Asif |first5= Abdulla- |title= The molecular approach reveals the relationship among Venus clams (Meretrix spp.) community in Malaysia|journal= Biotropia |date=16 December 2022|volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=213–224|doi=10.11598/btb.2022.29.3.1583 |doi-access=free |url= https://zenodo.org/records/7459115/files/Molecular%20approach%20reveals%20the%20relationship%20among%20Venus%20clams.pdf }}
Meretrix taiwanica{{cite journal |first1=Sheng-Tai |last1=Hsiao |first2=Shih-Chang |last2=Chuang |title=Meretrix taiwanica (Bivalvia: Veneridae), a previously misidentified new species in Taiwan |journal=Molluscan Research |date=2023 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=12–21 |doi=10.1080/13235818.2023.2189428 |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |bibcode=2023MollR..43...12H |language=en|doi-access=free}}
†Meretrix chalcedonica, early Danian Lefipán Formation, Cañadón Asfalto Basin, ArgentinaGoin et al., 2006, p.506
†Meretrix dalli, Paleocene Martinez Formation of California
†Meretrix faba, Cenomanian Khatiyah Formation of the United Arab Emirates[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=3790 Ras al Khaimah, UAE] at Fossilworks.org
†Meretrix hikoshimensis, Oligocene Ashiya Group of Japan
†Meretrix hornii, Paleocene to Eocene California
†Meretrix indica, Paleocene Hangu Shales of Pakistan
†Meretrix negritosensis, Miocene Zorritos Formation of Peru
†Meretrix nuttalliopsis, Eocene Boca de Serpiente Formation of Trinidad and Tobago
†Meretrix persica, Miocene of Iran and India
†Meretrix shantii, Eocene Umm al-Rua'us Formation of Saudi Arabia
†Meretrix stantoni, Paleocene California
†Meretrix subimpressa, Eocene Trinidad and Tobago and Maryland
†Meretrix uvasana, Paleocene to Eocene California

References

= Bibliography =

{{citation |last1=Goin |first1=Francisco |last2=Pascual |first2=Rosendo |last3=Tejedor |first3=Marcelo F. |last4=Gelfo |first4=Javier N. |last5=Woodburne |first5=Michael O. |last6=Case |first6= Judd A. |last7=Reguero |first7=Marcelo A. |last8=Bond |first8=Mariano |last9=López, Alberto L. Cione, Daniel Udrizar Sautheir, Lucía Balarino, Roberto A. Scassos, Francisco A. Medina and María C. Ubaldón |first9=Guillermo M. |year=2006 |title=The earliest Tertiary therian mammal from South America |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249023002 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=505–510 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[505:TETTMF]2.0.CO;2 |accessdate=2019-03-30}}

Meretrix (bivalve)

Species

References

= Bibliography =

Further reading