Leukoma

Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. 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.

Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Leukoma:


 * 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)