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Family: Glycymerididae bittersweet clams



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Glycymeris aequilatera
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Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific

Glycymeris albolineata(Lischke, 1872)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Glycymeris albolineata
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Glycymeris amamiensis
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Glycymeris amboinensis
[Gold flowing bittersweet]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.

Glycymeris americana(DeFrance, 1829)

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Glycymeris americana
[Giant bittersweet]
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Glycymeris arabica
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Glycymeris aspera
[]

FAO

Mediterranean Sea.

Glycymeris bimaculata(Poli, 1795)

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Glycymeris bimaculata
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Glycymeris corteziana
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Glycymeris dampieriensis
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Max. Length 5.5 cm DL
 
Glycymeris decussata
[Decussate bittersweet]
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Glycymeris gigantea
[]

Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHL
Glycymeris glycymeris(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Glycymeris glycymeris
[Common European bittersweet]
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Glycymeris hoylei
[]

FAO

Mediterranean Sea

Glycymeris insubrica(Brocchi, 1814)

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Glycymeris insubrica
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Glycymeris keenae
[Commarginal bittersweet]
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Glycymeris livida
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Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Glycymeris longior
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Glycymeris maculata
[Speckled bittersweet]
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Glycymeris modesta
[Small dog cockle]
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Max. Length 7 cm SHL
 
Glycymeris nummaria
[Violet bittersweet]
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Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Glycymeris oculata
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Glycymeris ovata
[Black bittersweet]
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Glycymeris pectinata
[Comb bittersweet]
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Glycymeris persimilis
[]

FAO

The Mediterranean and the

Glycymeris pilosa(Linnaeus, 1767)

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Glycymeris pilosa
[Pilose bittersweet]
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Glycymeris pilsbryi
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Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Glycymeris reevei(Mayer, 1868)

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Glycymeris reevei
[Reeve's bittersweet]
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Glycymeris rotunda
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Glycymeris scripta
[Scripta bitterwseet]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
 
Glycymeris septentrionalis
[Northern bittersweet]
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Glycymeris sericata
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Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Glycymeris spectralis
[Spectral bittersweet]
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Glycymeris spurca
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Glycymeris striatularis
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Glycymeris subobsoleta
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.

Glycymeris subtilis(Nicol, 1956)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Glycymeris subtilis
[Bermuda bittersweet]
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Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Glycymeris tellinaeformis
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Glycymeris tenuicostata
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Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Glycymeris undata
[Wavy bittersweet]
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Glycymeris vestita
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Glycymeris vovan
[Vovan bittersweet]
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Glycymeris yessoensis
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Melaxinaea clarki
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Melaxinaea montrouzieri
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Melaxinaea vitrea
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Tucetona amboiensis
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Tucetona angusticosta
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Tucetona auriflua
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Tucetona guesi
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Tucetona hanzawai
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Max. Length 3 cm H
 
Tucetona kauaia
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Tucetona laticostata(Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tucetona laticostata
[Large dog cockle]
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Tucetona nodosa
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Tucetona odhneri
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Max. Length 3.1 cm DL
 
Tucetona pectinata
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
Tucetona pectunculus(Linneaus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Tucetona pectunculus
[Scalloplike bittersweet shell]
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Tucetona sibogae
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Tucetona strigilata
[Tessellated bittersweet]
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Tucetona tsugioi
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