title: Mesodesma
text: # Mesodesma
  
  Mesodesma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mesodesmatidae. It is the type genus of the family.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are numerous species within the genus Mesodesma, including:
  
  * Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818) colloquially known and eaten as macha in Peru and Chile
  