Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mactridae > Subfamily Mactrinae > Genus Rangia

Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rangia*	Desmoulins, 1832	accepted genus name
*Gnathodon*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1832	synonym

Species group names

*Gnathodon cuneatus*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1832	synonym
*Gnathodon cuneatus var. nasutus*	Dall, 1884	synonym
*Gnathodon nasutus*	Dall, 1884	synonym
*Rangia cyrenoides*	Des Moulins, 1832	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Amerikaanse strandschelp

English: Atlantic rangia; common rangia; wedge clam

Literature

basis of record	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Wiese L., Niehus O., Faass B. & Wiese V. (2016). Ein weiteres Vorkommen von Rangia cuneata in Deutschland (Bivalvia: Mactridae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie. 29: 53-60.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
additional source	Hill, F. C. (1983). Unexplained occurrence of the mactrid bivalve, Rangia cuneata, from the Arrowhead Farms Indian Site near Louisville, Kentucky. The Nautilus. 97(2): 79-81, fig. 1.
additional source	Verrill, A. H. (1947). Additions to the Mollusca of Lake Worth, Florida. The Nautilus. 61(2): 47-48.
additional source	Verween, A.; Kerckhof, F.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2006). First European record of the invasive brackish water clam Rangia cuneata (G.B Sowerby I, 1831) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Aquatic Invasions. 1(4): 198-203.
additional source	Gallagher, J. L. & Wells, H. W. (1969). Northern range extension and winter mortality of Rangia cuneata. The Nautilus. 83(1): 22-25.
additional source	Metcalf, A. L. (1980). Fossil Rangia cuneata (Mactridae) in Eddy County, New Mexico. The Nautilus. 94(1): 2-3, figs. 1-2.
additional source	Counts, C. L., III. (1980). Rangia cuneata in the industrial water system (Bivalvia: Mactridae). The Nautilus. 94(1): 1-2.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156991