Rangia is a genus of bivalve molluscs or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae.
Species There are three species: Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) – Atlantic rangia Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1840) – Brown rangia † Rangia johnsoni Dall, 1898 Rangia mendica (Gould, 1851) Synonyms Rangia cyrenoides Des Moulins, 1832: synonym of Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
References
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
External links
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers. Gill, T. (1895). Rangia the proper name of the mactroid genus Gnathodon. The Nautilus. 8(9): 102-103