Species Identification: Find Species


Family: Veneridae venus clams



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Max. Length 6.7 cm DL

 
Agriopoma texasianum
[Texas venus]
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Max. Length 9.3 cm SHL

 
Ameghinomya antiqua
[Cancellated clam]
No picture found


 
Amiantis callosa
[White venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm SHL

 
Amiantis purpurata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Anomalocardia auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Anomalocardia auberiana
[Pointed venus]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 3.7 cm SHL
Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791)

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Anomalocardia brasiliana
[West Indian pointed venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL

 
Anomalocardia cuneimeris
[Pointed clam]
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Anomalocardia flexuosa
[]
No picture found


 
Anomalocardia leptalea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL

 
Anomalocardia membranula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL

 
Anomalocardia nesiotica
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
Anomalocardia squamosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Anomalocardia squamosa
[Squamose venus]
No picture found


 
Antigona albocancellata
[]
No picture found


 
Antigona chemnitzii
[]
No picture found


 
Antigona lacerata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific and the

Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Antigona lamellaris
[Lamellate venus]
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Antigona magnifica
[]
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Antigona purpurea
[]
No picture found


 
Antigona resticulata
[]
No picture found


 
Antigona restriculata
[]
No picture found


 
Aphrodora kurodai
[]
No picture found


 
Aphrodora noguchii
[]
No picture found


 
Aphrodora yerburyi
[]

Photo by FAO

Southwest Pacific and Ant
Max. Length 4.9 cm SHL
Austrovenus stutchburyi (Wood, 1828)

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Austrovenus stutchburyi
[Stutchbury's venus]
No picture found


 
Bassina hayasakai
[]
No picture found


 
Bassina hiraseana
[]
No picture found


 
Bassina multilamellata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Bassina yatei (Gray, 1835)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bassina yatei
[Frilled venus shell]
No picture found


 
Bonartemis histria
[]
No picture found


 
Bonartemis juvenilis
[]
No picture found


 
Callista accincta
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 11 cm SHL
Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Callista chione
[Brown venus]
No picture found


 
Callista erycina
[Reddish venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm TL

 
Callista eucymata
[Glory-of-the-seas venus]
No picture found


 
Callista florida
[]
No picture found


 
Callista impar
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific

Callista lilacina (Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Callista lilacina
[Giant sulcate venus shell]
No picture found


 
Callista multiradiata
[]
No picture found


 
Callista phasianella
[]
No picture found


 
Callista pilsbryi
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Indian Ocean

Callista planatella (Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Callista planatella
[]
No picture found


 
Callista politissima
[]
No picture found


 
Callista roseotincta
[]
No picture found


 
Callista semisulcata
[]
No picture found


 
Callista sinensis
[]
No picture found


 
Callista umbonella
[]
No picture found


 
Callithaca tenerrima
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific

Callocardia guttata Adams, 1864

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Callocardia guttata
[]

Photo by Pillon, Roberto

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Chamelea gallina
[Striped venus clam]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic and th

Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chamelea striatula
[]
No picture found


 
Chione amathusia
[]
No picture found


 
Chione californiensis
[California venus]

Photo by FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Chione cancellata
[Cross-barred venus]
No picture found


 
Chione clenchi
[Clench's venus]
No picture found


 
Chione compta
[Small banded venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm NG

 
Chione elevata
[]
No picture found


 
Chione grus
[Pygmy venus clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.1 cm DL

 
Chione inflata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Chione intapurpurea (Conrad, 1849)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione intapurpurea
[]
No picture found


 
Chione kellettii
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

To be filled.

Chione latilirata (Conrad, 1841)

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Chione latilirata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Chione mariae (Orbigny, 1846)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione mariae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm DL

 
Chione mazyckii
[]
No picture found


 
Chione minor
[]
No picture found


 
Chione pailasana
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Chione paphia (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Chione paphia
[]
No picture found


 
Chione picta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL

 
Chione pinchoti
[]
No picture found


 
Chione purpurissata
[]
No picture found


 
Chione pygmaea
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Chione subimbricata (Sowerby, 1835)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione subimbricata
[]
No picture found


 
Chione subrostrata
[]
No picture found


 
Chione subrugosa
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific.

Chione undatella (Sowerby I, 1835)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione undatella
[Frilled venus]
No picture found


 
Chionista fluctifraga
[Smooth venus]
No picture found


 
Chionopsis amathusia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL

 
Choristodon cancellatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.3 cm DL

 
Choristodon robustus
[Atlantic petricolid]
No picture found


 
Circe hongkongensis
[]
No picture found


 
Circe intermedia
[]
No picture found


 
Circe personata
[]
No picture found


 
Circe rugifera
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Circe scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Circe scripta
[Script venus]
No picture found


 
Circe tumefacta
[]
No picture found


 
Circenita callipyga
[Venus clam]
No picture found


 
Circomphalus casina
[]
No picture found


 
Circomphalus disjectus
[Tasmania venus clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm DL

 
Circomphalus strigillinus
[Empress venus]
No picture found


 
Clausinella brongniartii
[]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 2.8 cm SHL
Clausinella fasciata (Da Costa, 1778)

Photo by Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Clausinella fasciata
[Banded venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL

 
Clausinella gayi
[]
No picture found


 
Clausinella tiara
[]
No picture found


 
Clementia papyracea
[]
No picture found


 
Clementia similis
[]
No picture found


 
Clementia vatheleti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm SHL

 
Compsomyax subdiaphana
[Milky venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL

 
Cooperella atlantica
[Atlantic cooperclam]
No picture found


 
Cooperella subdiaphana
[Shiny cooperclam]
No picture found


 
Cryptonemella producta
[Projecting venus]
No picture found


 
Cyclina orientalis
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Cyclina sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Cyclina sinensis
[Oriental Cylcina]
No picture found


 
Cyclinella tenuis
[Thin Cyclinella]
No picture found


 
Cyclosunetta contempta
[]
No picture found


 
Cytherea occulta
[]
No picture found


 
Dorisca jucunda
[]
No picture found


 
Dorisca nana
[]
No picture found


 
Dosina crebra
[Coarse dosina]
No picture found


 
Dosina mactracea
[]
No picture found


 
Dosina zelandica
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinella corrugata
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinella orbiculata
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinella subalata
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia alta
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia amphidesmoides
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Dosinia anus (Philippi, 1848)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Dosinia anus
[Ringed Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia bilunulatus
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia biscocta
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia caerula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm DL

 
Dosinia concentrica
[West Indian Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia contracta
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia cumingii
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia derupta
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia deshayesii
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia discoctus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm DL

 
Dosinia discus
[Disk Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia dunkeri
[Dunker's Dosinia]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.2 cm DL

 
Dosinia elegans
[Elegant Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia erythraea
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia exasperata
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 4.6 cm SHL
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Dosinia exoleta
[Mature Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia greyi
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia gruneri
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia hepatica
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 3.1 cm TL
Dosinia histrio (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Dosinia histrio
[Histrio Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia incisa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm TL

 
Dosinia iwakawai
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific

Dosinia japonica Reeve, 1856

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Dosinia japonica
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia juvenilis
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia lambata
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia laminata
[]

Photo by Fenwick, David

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 3.1 cm SHL
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Dosinia lupinus
[Smooth Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia maoriana
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia nanus
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia orbignyi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.5 cm SHL

 
Dosinia ponderosa
[Ponderous Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia prostrata
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia scalaris
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia sculpta
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Dosinia subrosea (Gray, 1835)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Dosinia subrosea
[Fine Dosinia]
No picture found


 
Dosinia troscheli
[]
No picture found


 
Dosinia tumida
[]
No picture found


 
Eurhomalea rufa
[Peruvian yellow clam]
No picture found


 
Eurhomalea salinensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL

 
Gafrarium aequivocum
[]
No picture found


 
Gafrarium barandae
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Gafrarium dispar (Holten, 1802)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Gafrarium dispar
[Discrepant venus]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Gafrarium divaricatum
[Forked venus]
No picture found


 
Gafrarium liratum
[]
No picture found


 
Gafrarium melvilli
[]
No picture found


 
Gafrarium minimum
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Max. Length 4.8 cm SHL
Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Gafrarium pectinatum
[Tumid venus]
No picture found


 
Gafrarium yukitai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Gemma gemma
[Amethyst gemclam]
No picture found


 
Gemma purpurea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL

 
Globivenus callimorpha
[Lily venus]
No picture found


 
Globivenus effossa
[]
No picture found


 
Globivenus embrithes
[]
No picture found


 
Globivenus fordi
[Ford venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL

 
Globivenus foresti
[]
No picture found


 
Globivenus listeroides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.2 cm DL

 
Globivenus rigida
[Rigid venus]
No picture found


 
Globivenus rugatina
[Queen venus]
No picture found


 
Globivenus strigillina
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean.

Globivenus toreuma (Gould, 1850)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Globivenus toreuma
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Gomphina aequilatera (Sowerby, 1826)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Gomphina aequilatera
[Equilateral venus]
No picture found


 
Gomphina maorum
[]
No picture found


 
Gomphina neastartoides
[]
No picture found


 
Gomphina undulosa
[]
No picture found


 
Gomphina veneriformis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
Gouldia cerina (Adams, 1845)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Gouldia cerina
[Waxy gouldclam]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL

 
Gouldia insularis
[]
No picture found


 
Gouldia minima
[]
No picture found


 
Gouldia picta
[]
No picture found


 
Gouldia subtrigona
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm SHL

 
Humilaria kennerleyi
[Kennerley venus]
No picture found


 
Hyphantosoma crassum
[]
No picture found


 
Hyphantosoma festoui
[]
No picture found


 
Hyphantosoma healyi
[]
No picture found


 
Hyphantosoma nancyae
[]
No picture found


 
Hyphantosoma tenue
[]
No picture found


 
Irus crenatus
[]
No picture found


 
Irus elegans
[Elegant venus]
No picture found


 
Irus irus
[Irus clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm TL

 
Irus macrophyllus
[Long leaf irus]
No picture found


 
Irus mitis
[]
No picture found


 
Irus reflexus
[Twisted venus]
No picture found


 
Irusella fernandiziana
[]
No picture found


 
Irusella lamellifera
[Lamellar venus]
No picture found


 
Katelysia eugibba
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL

 
Katelysia ferruginea
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Katelysia japonica (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Katelysia japonica
[Japan venus]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Katelysia marmorata (Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Katelysia marmorata
[Marbled venus]
No picture found


 
Kyrina kyrina
[]
No picture found


 
Leukoma crassicosta
[]
No picture found


 
Leukoma granulata
[]
No picture found


 
Leukoma jedoensis
[Jedo venus]
No picture found


 
Leukoma restorationensis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Leukoma staminea (Conrad, 1837)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Leukoma staminea
[Pacific littleneck]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm SHL

 
Leukoma thaca
[Taca clam]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha annettae
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha berthaulti
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha caledonensis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Lioconcha castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lioconcha castrensis
[Camp pitar venus]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha dautzenbergi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL

 
Lioconcha fastigiata
[Dark pitar venus]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha gordoni
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha hieroglyphica
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha lorenziana
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha macaulayi
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha melharteae
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Lioconcha ornata (Dillwyn, 1817)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lioconcha ornata
[Ornate pitar venus]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha philippinarum
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha polita
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Lioconcha pseudofastigiata Lamprell & Healy, 2002

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lioconcha pseudofastigiata
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha richerdeforgesi
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha schioettei
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha sowerbyi
[]
No picture found


 
Lioconcha tigrina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm SHL

 
Lioconcha trimaculata
[]
No picture found


 
Liocyma beckii
[]

Photo by Miller, Todd

Atlantic and Pacific Ocea

Liocyma fluctuosa (Gould, 1841)

Photo by Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Liocyma fluctuosa
[Wavy liocyma]
No picture found


 
Lirophora clenchi
[Thick-ringed venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL

 
Lirophora latilirata
[Imperial venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL

 
Lirophora paphia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm DL

 
Lirophora riomaturensis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm DL
Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Macrocallista nimbosa
[Sunray venus]
No picture found


 
Marcia cordata
[Ovate clam]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Marcia hiantina (Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Marcia hiantina
[Hiant venus]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHL
Marcia opima (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Marcia opima
[Fertile venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.8 cm SHL

 
Megapitaria aurantiaca
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 7.7 cm DL
Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Megapitaria maculata
[Calico clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.1 cm SHL

 
Megapitaria squalida
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic.

Mercenaria campechiensis (Dall, 1902)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Mercenaria campechiensis
[Southern hardshell clam]

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic and the Mediterr
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Mercenaria mercenaria
[Northern quahog]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm SHL

 
Meretrix casta
[Backwater hard clam]
No picture found


 
Meretrix lamarckii
[Hard clam]

Photo by FAO

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm ShL
Meretrix lusoria (Röding, 1798)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Meretrix lusoria
[Poker chip venus]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Meretrix lyrata
[Lyrate hard clam]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10.3 cm SHL
Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Meretrix meretrix
[Asiatic hard clam]
No picture found


 
Meretrix petechialis
[Spotted hard clam]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Agriopoma texasianum Texas venus East Pacific. 6.7 DL 1892
Ameghinomya antiqua Cancellated clam Southwest Atlantic and So 9.3 SHL 1832
Amiantis callosa White venus East Pacific. 1837
Amiantis purpurata Southwest Atlantic 8.5 SHL 1818
Anomalocardia auberiana Pointed venus Western Central Atlantic 1842
Anomalocardia brasiliana West Indian pointed venus Western Atlantic 3.7 SHL 1791
Anomalocardia cuneimeris Pointed clam Western Atlantic. 1.8 DL 1846
Anomalocardia flexuosa Northwest Pacific 1767
Anomalocardia leptalea Western Atlantic. 1894
Anomalocardia membranula Western Atlantic. 1.1 DL 1860
Anomalocardia nesiotica Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL 1930
Anomalocardia squamosa Squamose venus Indo-West Pacific 4.5 SHL 1758
Antigona albocancellata Indo-West Pacific 2010
Antigona chemnitzii Indo-West Pacific. 1844
Antigona lacerata Western Pacific 1845
Antigona lamellaris Lamellate venus Indo-West Pacific and the 1817
Antigona magnifica Western Central Pacific 1845
Antigona purpurea Western Central Pacific 1771
Antigona resticulata Western Central Pacific 1853
Antigona restriculata Indo-Pacific 1853
Aphrodora kurodai Western Central Pacific 2007
Aphrodora noguchii Western Central Pacific 1958
Aphrodora yerburyi Western Indian Ocean 1891
Austrovenus stutchburyi Stutchbury's venus Southwest Pacific and Ant 4.9 SHL 1828
Bassina hayasakai Western Pacific 1977
Bassina hiraseana Northwest Pacific 1930
Bassina multilamellata Western Pacific 1977
Bassina yatei Frilled venus shell Southwest Pacific 1835
Bonartemis histria Indo-West Pacific. 1791
Bonartemis juvenilis Western Pacific. 1791
Callista accincta Western Central Pacific 1864
Callista chione Brown venus Eastern Atlantic and the 11 SHL 1758
Callista erycina Reddish venus Indo-West Pacific. 1758
Callista eucymata Glory-of-the-seas venus Western Central Atlantic 2.7 TL 1890
Callista florida Western Indian Ocean 1818
Callista impar Indo-West Pacific 1818
Callista lilacina Giant sulcate venus shell Indo-West Pacific 1818
Callista multiradiata Western Indian Ocean 1851
Callista phasianella Northwest Pacific 1853
Callista pilsbryi Northwest Pacific 1960
Callista planatella Eastern Indian Ocean 1818
Callista politissima Northwest Pacific 1945
Callista roseotincta Western Central Pacific 1885
Callista semisulcata Western Central Pacific 1851
Callista sinensis Western Pacific 1791
Callista umbonella Western Indian Ocean. 1818
Callithaca tenerrima Northeast Pacific 1857
Callocardia guttata Western Pacific 1864
Chamelea gallina Striped venus clam Eastern Atlantic and the 5 SHL 1758
Chamelea striatula Northeast Atlantic and th 1778
Chione amathusia Northeast Atlantic and th 1844
Chione californiensis California venus Eastern Pacific 1835
Chione cancellata Cross-barred venus Western Atlantic 2.5 DL 1767
Chione clenchi Clench's venus Western Central Atlantic. 1952
Chione compta Small banded venus Eastern Pacific. Tempera 1835
Chione elevata Western Central Atlantic 2.3 NG 1822
Chione grus Pygmy venus clam Western Central Atlantic 1858
Chione inflata Western Atlantic. 4.1 DL 1832
Chione intapurpurea Western Central Atlantic 1849
Chione kellettii Western Central Atlantic 1845
Chione latilirata To be filled. 1841
Chione mariae Southeast Pacific 1846
Chione mazyckii Western Central Atlantic 1.4 DL 1902
Chione minor Western Central Atlantic 1969
Chione pailasana Western Atlantic. 1968
Chione paphia Western Central Atlantic 1767
Chione picta Western Central Atlantic 1944
Chione pinchoti Western Atlantic. 2.5 DL 1951
Chione purpurissata Western Atlantic. 1902
Chione pygmaea Western Atlantic. 1818
Chione subimbricata Southeast Pacific 1835
Chione subrostrata Western Atlantic. 1818
Chione subrugosa Southeast Pacific 1828
Chione undatella Frilled venus Eastern Pacific. 1835
Chionista fluctifraga Smooth venus East Pacific. 1853
Chionopsis amathusia East Pacific. 1844
Choristodon cancellatus Western Atlantic. 1 DL 1885
Choristodon robustus Atlantic petricolid Southeast Atlantic and We 4.3 DL 1834
Circe hongkongensis Western Pacific 1992
Circe intermedia Indo-West Pacific. 1863
Circe personata Western Pacific 1854
Circe rugifera Western Indian Ocean. 1818
Circe scripta Script venus Indo-West Pacific 5 SHL 1758
Circe tumefacta Indo-West Pacific. 1851
Circenita callipyga Venus clam Western Indian Ocean and 1778
Circomphalus casina Northeast Atlantic and th 1758
Circomphalus disjectus Tasmania venus clam Endemic to southern Austr 1811
Circomphalus strigillinus Empress venus North America. 4.5 DL 1902
Clausinella brongniartii Mediterranean Sea 1826
Clausinella fasciata Banded venus Northeast Atlantic and th 2.8 SHL 1778
Clausinella gayi Southwest Atlantic and So 3.5 DL 1854
Clausinella tiara Northwest Pacific 1817
Clementia papyracea Indo-West Pacific and the 1825
Clementia similis Indo-West Pacific and the 1852
Clementia vatheleti Northwest Pacific. 1901
Compsomyax subdiaphana Milky venus Northeast Pacific 8.5 SHL 1864
Cooperella atlantica Atlantic cooperclam North America. 1.6 DL 1943
Cooperella subdiaphana Shiny cooperclam East Pacific. 1864
Cryptonemella producta Projecting venus Northwest Pacific 1951
Cyclina orientalis Northwest Pacific 1852
Cyclina sinensis Oriental Cylcina Indo-West Pacific. 5 SHL 1791
Cyclinella tenuis Thin Cyclinella Western Central Atlantic 1852
Cyclosunetta contempta Indo-West Pacific 1891
Cytherea occulta Western Atlantic. 1822
Dorisca jucunda Pacific Ocean 1885
Dorisca nana Western Pacific. 1898
Dosina crebra Coarse dosina Southwest Pacific 1873
Dosina mactracea Southwest Pacific 1835
Dosina zelandica Southwest Pacific 1835
Dosinella corrugata Northwest Pacific 1865
Dosinella orbiculata Western Pacific. 1877
Dosinella subalata Western Pacific 1916
Dosinia alta Western Indian Ocean. 1849
Dosinia amphidesmoides Indo-West Pacific. 1850
Dosinia anus Ringed Dosinia Southwest Pacific 1848
Dosinia bilunulatus Northwest Pacific. 1838
Dosinia biscocta Northwest Pacific 1850
Dosinia caerula Western Pacific 1850
Dosinia concentrica West Indian Dosinia Western Atlantic. 6.5 DL 1778
Dosinia contracta Western Indian Ocean 1844
Dosinia cumingii Western Pacific 1850
Dosinia derupta Northwest Pacific 1860
Dosinia deshayesii Eastern Indian Ocean 1855
Dosinia discoctus Northwest Pacific. 1850
Dosinia discus Disk Dosinia Western Central Atlantic 7.4 DL 1850
Dosinia dunkeri Dunker's Dosinia Eastern Pacific. Subtrop 1844
Dosinia elegans Elegant Dosinia North America. 9.2 DL 1843
Dosinia erythraea Western Indian Ocean and 1860
Dosinia exasperata Indo-West Pacific. 1847
Dosinia exoleta Mature Dosinia Eastern Atlantic and the 4.6 SHL 1758
Dosinia greyi Southwest Pacific 1864
Dosinia gruneri Indo-West Pacific. 1848
Dosinia hepatica Western Indian Ocean 1818
Dosinia histrio Histrio Dosinia Indo-Pacific. 3.1 TL 1791
Dosinia incisa Indo-West Pacific 1850
Dosinia iwakawai Western Central Pacific 3 TL 1971
Dosinia japonica Northwest Pacific 1856
Dosinia juvenilis Western Central Pacific 1791
Dosinia lambata Southwest Pacific 1850
Dosinia laminata Western Pacific 1850
Dosinia lupinus Smooth Dosinia Northeast Atlantic and th 3.1 SHL 1758
Dosinia maoriana Southwest Pacific 1923
Dosinia nanus Western Pacific 1850
Dosinia orbignyi Western Pacific
Dosinia ponderosa Ponderous Dosinia Eastern Pacific and Weste 12.5 SHL 1838
Dosinia prostrata Western Central Pacific 1758
Dosinia scalaris Eastern Indian Ocean 1843
Dosinia sculpta Eastern Indian Ocean 1845
Dosinia subrosea Fine Dosinia Southwest Pacific 1835
Dosinia troscheli Indo-West Pacific. 1874
Dosinia tumida Indo-West Pacific 1838
Eurhomalea rufa Peruvian yellow clam Southeast Pacific 1818
Eurhomalea salinensis Southeast Pacific 1968
Gafrarium aequivocum Western Central Pacific 3.5 TL 1803
Gafrarium barandae Western Pacific 1885
Gafrarium dispar Discrepant venus Indo-Pacific 3 SHL 1802
Gafrarium divaricatum Forked venus Indo-West Pacific 4.5 SHL 1791
Gafrarium liratum Western Pacific. 1869
Gafrarium melvilli Western Central Pacific 1909
Gafrarium minimum Western Central Pacific
Gafrarium pectinatum Tumid venus Indo-Pacific and the Medi 4.8 SHL 1758
Gafrarium yukitai Northwest Pacific 1877
Gemma gemma Amethyst gemclam Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1834
Gemma purpurea Western Atlantic. 1842
Globivenus callimorpha Lily venus North America. 1.6 DL 1902
Globivenus effossa Mediterranean Sea 1836
Globivenus embrithes Indo-West Pacific 1899
Globivenus fordi Ford venus East Pacific. 1890
Globivenus foresti Western Atlantic. 2 DL 1967
Globivenus listeroides Western Atlantic. 1967
Globivenus rigida Rigid venus North America. 6.2 DL 1817
Globivenus rugatina Queen venus North America. 1886
Globivenus strigillina North America. 1902
Globivenus toreuma Pacific Ocean. 1850
Gomphina aequilatera Equilateral venus Western Pacific 9 SHL 1826
Gomphina maorum Southwest Pacific 1902
Gomphina neastartoides Northwest Pacific 1922
Gomphina undulosa Indo-West Pacific. 1818
Gomphina veneriformis Northwest Pacific 1818
Gouldia cerina Waxy gouldclam Western Central Atlantic 1.3 DL 1845
Gouldia insularis Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL 1901
Gouldia minima Mediterranean Sea 1803
Gouldia picta Northwest Pacific. 1960
Gouldia subtrigona Western Pacific 1964
Humilaria kennerleyi Kennerley venus Northeast Pacific 10 SHL 1863
Hyphantosoma crassum Southeast Pacific 2012
Hyphantosoma festoui Eastern Central Pacific 1993
Hyphantosoma healyi Western Central Pacific 1996
Hyphantosoma nancyae Western Central Pacific 1990
Hyphantosoma tenue Southeast Pacific 2012
Irus crenatus Eastern Central Pacific 1818
Irus elegans Elegant venus Southwest Pacific 1854
Irus irus Irus clam Indo-West Pacific and Med 1758
Irus macrophyllus Long leaf irus Indo-Pacific. 1.0 TL 1853
Irus mitis Western Pacific 1853
Irus reflexus Twisted venus Southwest Pacific 1843
Irusella fernandiziana Southeast Pacific 1899
Irusella lamellifera Lamellar venus East Pacific. 1837
Katelysia eugibba Western Pacific 1964
Katelysia ferruginea Western Central Pacific 4 TL 1864
Katelysia japonica Japan venus Indo-West Pacific 6 SHL 1791
Katelysia marmorata Marbled venus Indo-West Pacific 5 SHL 1818
Kyrina kyrina Western Indian Ocean 1894
Leukoma crassicosta Southwest Pacific 1835
Leukoma granulata Southwest Pacific 1791
Leukoma jedoensis Jedo venus Northwest Pacific. 1874
Leukoma restorationensis Northeast Pacific 1930
Leukoma staminea Pacific littleneck Pacific Ocean 7.5 SHL 1837
Leukoma thaca Taca clam Southeast Pacific 8 SHL 1782
Lioconcha annettae Western Central Pacific 1990
Lioconcha berthaulti Western Central Pacific 2002
Lioconcha caledonensis Western Central Pacific 1999
Lioconcha castrensis Camp pitar venus Indo-Pacific 6 TL 1758
Lioconcha dautzenbergi Indo-Pacific 1932
Lioconcha fastigiata Dark pitar venus Indo-West Pacific. 3.5 TL 1851
Lioconcha gordoni Eastern Central Pacific 1885
Lioconcha hieroglyphica Central Pacific 1837
Lioconcha lorenziana Western Pacific 1817
Lioconcha macaulayi Western Central Pacific 2002
Lioconcha melharteae Western Central Pacific 1996
Lioconcha ornata Ornate pitar venus Indo-Pacific 5 SHL 1817
Lioconcha philippinarum Indo-Pacific. 1844
Lioconcha polita Western Central Pacific 1798
Lioconcha pseudofastigiata Western Central Pacific 2002
Lioconcha richerdeforgesi Western Central Pacific 1996
Lioconcha schioettei Western Central Pacific 2002
Lioconcha sowerbyi Western Central Pacific 1853
Lioconcha tigrina Western Central Pacific 1818
Lioconcha trimaculata Western Pacific. 2.5 SHL 1818
Liocyma beckii Western Pacific. 1870
Liocyma fluctuosa Wavy liocyma Atlantic and Pacific Ocea 1841
Lirophora clenchi Thick-ringed venus East Pacific. 1952
Lirophora latilirata Imperial venus North America. 1.6 DL 1841
Lirophora paphia Western Central Atlantic 3.5 DL 1767
Lirophora riomaturensis Western Atlantic. 3 DL 1925
Macrocallista nimbosa Sunray venus Western Central Atlantic 15 DL 1786
Marcia cordata Ovate clam Western Indian Ocean. 1775
Marcia hiantina Hiant venus Indo-West Pacific 6 SHL 1818
Marcia opima Fertile venus Indo-Pacific 6.5 SHL 1791
Megapitaria aurantiaca Eastern Central Pacific 11.8 SHL 1831
Megapitaria maculata Calico clam Western Atlantic 7.7 DL 1758
Megapitaria squalida Eastern Pacific 10.1 SHL 1835
Mercenaria campechiensis Southern hardshell clam Western Central Atlantic. 1791
Mercenaria mercenaria Northern quahog Atlantic and the Mediterr 13 TL 1758
Meretrix casta Backwater hard clam Indo-West Pacific. 5.2 SHL 1782
Meretrix lamarckii Hard clam Western Pacific. 1853
Meretrix lusoria Poker chip venus Northwest Pacific 5 ShL 1798
Meretrix lyrata Lyrate hard clam Indo-West Pacific 6 SHL 1851
Meretrix meretrix Asiatic hard clam Indo-West Pacific 10.3 SHL 1758
Meretrix petechialis Spotted hard clam Northwest Pacific 1818



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