Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mactridae > 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 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	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	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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G.; Huber, M. (2014). Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156991