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{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
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| image = Rangia flexuosa (MNHN-IM-2000-34897) 006.jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of ''Rangia flexuosa''
| taxon = Rangia
| authority = [[Charles des Moulins|Desmoulins]], 1832
| synonyms =
* ''Gnathodon'' <small>G.B.Sowerby I, 1832</small>
* ''Rangia (Rangia)'' <small>Desmoulins, 1832</small> · alternate representation
* ''Rangia (Rangianella)'' <small>Conrad, 1868</small> · alternate representation
* ''Rangianella'' <small>Conrad, 1868</small>
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'''''Rangia''''' is a genus of [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]s or clams in the subfamily [[Mactrinae]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Mactridae]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rangia Desmoulins, 1832|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=80961|work=ITIS Report|access-date=21 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS|year=2021 |title=''Rangia'' Desmoulins, 1832 |id=156990 |access-date=16 August 2021 |db=Marine Mollusca}}</ref>
==Species==
There are three species:<ref name=WoRMS/>
* ''[[Rangia cuneata]]'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)</small> – Atlantic rangia
* ''[[Rangia flexuosa]]'' <small>(Conrad, 1840)</small> – Brown rangia
* † ''[[Rangia johnsoni]]'' <small>Dall, 1898</small>
* ''[[Rangia mendica]]'' <small> (Gould, 1851)</small>
;Synonyms:
* ''Rangia cyrenoides'' <small>Des Moulins, 1832</small>: synonym of <small>''Rangia cuneata''</small> (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
==References==
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* 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==
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* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673 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.]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044700 Gill, T. (1895). Rangia the proper name of the mactroid genus Gnathodon. The Nautilus. 8(9): 102-103]
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[[Category:Mactridae]]
[[Category:Bivalve genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles des Moulins]]
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