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Family: Donacidae donax clams



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56 species (see list below)
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Donax asper
[Rough butterfly Donax]
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Donax bipartitus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

East Pacific.

Donax californicus Conrad, 1837

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Donax californicus
[California beanclam]
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Donax carinatus
[Sculptured Donax]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 4 cm SHL
Donax cuneatus Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by FAO
 
Donax cuneatus
[Cuneate Donax]

FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758

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Donax denticulatus
[Common Caribbean Donax]
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Max. Length 3.1 cm SHL
 
Donax dentifer
[Toothed Donax]
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Donax dysoni
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm SHL
Donax faba Gmelin, 1791

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Donax faba
[Pacific bean Donax]

O'Keefe, Jo

North America.
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Donax fossor Say, 1822

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Donax fossor
[Fossor coquina]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Donax gemmula
[]
No picture found
 
Donax gouldii
[Gould beanclam]
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Donax gracilis
[Gracile Donax]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.3 cm DL
 
Donax hanleyanus
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 4 cm SHL
Donax incarnatus Gmelin, 1791

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Donax incarnatus
[Fleshy Donax]
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Donax kiusiunensis
[]
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Donax nitidus
[]
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Donax obesulus
[]
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Donax pulchellus
[Beautiful Donax]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm SHL
 
Donax punctatostriatus
[Punctate Donax]
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Donax rugosus
[Rugose Donax]
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Donax scalpellum
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Donax scortum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Donax scortum
[Leather Donax]
No picture found
 
Donax semigranosus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 4.3 cm SHL
Donax semistriatus Poli, 1795

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Donax semistriatus
[]
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Donax serra
[White mussel]
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Donax sordidus
[]
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Donax spiculum
[]
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Donax spiniferus
[]

FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 4 cm NG
Donax striatus Linnaeus, 1767

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Donax striatus
[Striate Donax]
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Donax texasianus
[Texas coquina]
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Donax ticaonicus
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic, the Med
Max. Length 4.4 cm SHL
Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by FAO
 
Donax trunculus
[Truncate Donax]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Donax variabilis
[Variable coquina]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 4.0 cm SHL
Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Donax variegatus
[Smooth Donax]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.4 cm NG
 
Donax vellicatus
[]

França, Antonio

Eastern Atlantic and the

Donax venustus Poli, 1795

Photo by França, Antonio
 
Donax venustus
[Lovely Donax]

Fenwick, David

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 4 cm SHL
Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Donax vittatus
[Banded-wedge shell]
No picture found
 
Egeria concamerata
[]
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Egeria heukelomii
[]
No picture found
 
Egeria kochii
[]
No picture found
 
Galatea bengoensis
[]
No picture found
 
Galatea bernardii
[]
No picture found
 
Galatea cailliaudii
[]
No picture found
 
Galatea congica
[]
No picture found
 
Galatea nux
[]
No picture found
 
Galatea paradoxa
[Common galatea clam]
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Galatea schwabi
[]
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Galatea tenuicula
[]
No picture found
 
Iphigenia altior
[Tall false donax]

FAO

Western Atlantic

Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by FAO
 
Iphigenia brasiliana
[Giant false donax]
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Iphigenia brasiliensis
[]
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Iphigenia curta
[]
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Iphigenia delessertii
[Delessert's false donax]
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Iphigenia laevigata
[Smooth false donax]
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Iphigenia rostrata
[Rostrate false donax]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Donax asper Rough butterfly Donax Eastern Pacific. 1845
Donax bipartitus Western Indian Ocean 1892
Donax californicus California beanclam East Pacific. 1837
Donax carinatus Sculptured Donax Eastern Pacific and Weste 1843
Donax cuneatus Cuneate Donax Indo-West Pacific. 4 SHL 1758
Donax denticulatus Common Caribbean Donax Western Atlantic 1.8 DL 1758
Donax dentifer Toothed Donax Eastern Central Pacific. 3.1 SHL 1843
Donax dysoni Northwest Pacific. 1854
Donax faba Pacific bean Donax Indo-West Pacific 2.5 SHL 1791
Donax fossor Fossor coquina North America. 1.8 DL 1822
Donax gemmula Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL 1971
Donax gouldii Gould beanclam Eastern Central Pacific 1921
Donax gracilis Gracile Donax Eastern Pacific. Tropica 1845
Donax hanleyanus Western Atlantic. 3.3 DL 1847
Donax incarnatus Fleshy Donax Indo-West Pacific. 4 SHL 1791
Donax kiusiunensis Northwest Pacific. 1901
Donax nitidus Indo-West Pacific 1854
Donax obesulus Pacific South America. 1854
Donax pulchellus Beautiful Donax Eastern Central Atlantic 1843
Donax punctatostriatus Punctate Donax Eastern Pacific and Weste 3.9 SHL 1843
Donax rugosus Rugose Donax Eastern Atlantic 1758
Donax scalpellum Western Indian Ocean 1825
Donax scortum Leather Donax Indo-West Pacific 9 SHL 1758
Donax semigranosus Northwest Pacific 1877
Donax semistriatus Northeast Atlantic and th 4.3 SHL 1795
Donax serra White mussel Southeast Atlantic 1798
Donax sordidus Southeast Atlantic; Sout 1845
Donax spiculum Western Indian Ocean 1855
Donax spiniferus Western Indian Ocean 2021
Donax striatus Striate Donax Western Atlantic 4 NG 1767
Donax texasianus Texas coquina North America. 1847
Donax ticaonicus Western Pacific. 1844
Donax trunculus Truncate Donax Eastern Atlantic, the Med 4.4 SHL 1758
Donax variabilis Variable coquina Western Atlantic 1.9 DL 1822
Donax variegatus Smooth Donax Northeast Atlantic and th 4.0 SHL 1791
Donax vellicatus Western Central Atlantic 3.4 NG 1855
Donax venustus Lovely Donax Eastern Atlantic and the 1795
Donax vittatus Banded-wedge shell Eastern Atlantic and the 4 SHL 1778
Egeria concamerata Eastern Atlantic. 1840
Egeria heukelomii Eastern Atlantic. 1860
Egeria kochii Eastern Central Atlantic 1860
Galatea bengoensis Southeast Atlantic 1849
Galatea bernardii Eastern Atlantic. 1857
Galatea cailliaudii Eastern Atlantic. 1860
Galatea congica Eastern Central Atlantic 1885
Galatea nux Eastern Central Atlantic 1927
Galatea paradoxa Common galatea clam Eastern Central Atlantic 1778
Galatea schwabi Eastern Central Atlantic 1929
Galatea tenuicula Eastern Central Atlantic 1849
Iphigenia altior Tall false donax Eastern Pacific. Tropica 1833
Iphigenia brasiliana Giant false donax Western Atlantic 1818
Iphigenia brasiliensis Western Atlantic. 1818
Iphigenia curta Eastern Central Atlantic 1867
Iphigenia delessertii Delessert's false donax Eastern Central Atlantic 1860
Iphigenia laevigata Smooth false donax Eastern Central Atlantic 1791
Iphigenia rostrata Rostrate false donax Eastern Central Atlantic 1869



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