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Family: Veneridae (See list of species below)

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92 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acila balabacensis []	No picture found Acila castrensis [Divaricate nutclam]	No picture found Acila divaricata []
No picture found Acila minutoides []	No picture found Acila mirabilis []	No picture found Austronucula galatheae []
No picture found Austronucula perminima []	No picture found Austronucula schencki []	No picture found Brevinucula subtriangularis []
No picture found Brevinucula verrilli []	No picture found Brevinucula verrillii []	No picture found Condylonucula maya []
No picture found Ennucula aegeensis []	No picture found Ennucula corticata []	No picture found Ennucula cumingii []
No picture found Ennucula cyrenoides []	No picture found Ennucula dalmasi []	No picture found Ennucula decipiens []
No picture found Ennucula elongata []	Ennucula eltanini []	No picture found Ennucula georgiana []
No picture found Ennucula grayi []	No picture found Ennucula linki [Link nutclam]	No picture found Ennucula niponica []
No picture found Ennucula perforata []	No picture found Ennucula puelcha []	No picture found Ennucula romboides []
No picture found Ennucula similis []	No picture found Ennucula strangeiformis []	Ennucula tenuis [Smooth nutclam]
No picture found Leionucula strangei []	No picture found Linucula recens []	Nucula aegeensis [Aegean nutclam]
No picture found Nucula atacellana []	No picture found Nucula austrobenthalis []	No picture found Nucula bengalensis []
No picture found Nucula calcicola [Reef nutclam]	No picture found Nucula callicredemna []	No picture found Nucula carlottensis [Charlotte nutclam]
No picture found Nucula certisinus []	No picture found Nucula consentanea []	No picture found Nucula convexa []
No picture found Nucula corbuloides []	No picture found Nucula crenulata [Crenulate nutclam]	No picture found Nucula culebrensis []
No picture found Nucula delphinodonta [Dolphintooth nutclam]	No picture found Nucula donaciformis []	No picture found Nucula dorsocrenata []
No picture found Nucula dunedinensis []	No picture found Nucula exigua [Iridescent nutclam]	Nucula falklandica []
No picture found Nucula fernandensis []	No picture found Nucula fernandinae []	No picture found Nucula gemmulata []
No picture found Nucula groenlandica [Greenland nutclam]	No picture found Nucula hanleyi []	No picture found Nucula hartvigiana [Nut shell]
No picture found Nucula hawaiensis []	No picture found Nucula inconspicua []	No picture found Nucula izushotoensis []
No picture found Nucula kawamurai []	No picture found Nucula limosa []	No picture found Nucula marshalli []
No picture found Nucula mesembrina []	No picture found Nucula nitidosa []	No picture found Nucula nitidula []
No picture found Nucula nitidulaformis []	No picture found Nucula nucleus [Common nut clam]	No picture found Nucula pachydonta []
No picture found Nucula padula []	No picture found Nucula paulula []	No picture found Nucula pisum []
No picture found Nucula proxima [Atlantic nutclam]	No picture found Nucula pseudoexigua []	No picture found Nucula pusilla []
No picture found Nucula rossiana []	No picture found Nucula subovata []	No picture found Nucula sulcata []
No picture found Nucula tokyoensis []	No picture found Nucula trigonica []	No picture found Nucula tumidula []
No picture found Nucula turgida []	No picture found Nucula venezuelana []	No picture found Nucula zophos []
No picture found Nuculoidea pernambucensis []	No picture found Nuculoma aegeensis []	No picture found Nuculoma corbuloides []
No picture found Pronucula bollonsi []	No picture found Pronucula kermadecensis []	No picture found Pronucula maoria []
No picture found Pronucula tenuis []	No picture found Varinucula gallinacea []

92 Species of Family Veneridae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acila balabacensis		Western Pacific.
Acila castrensis	Divaricate nutclam	Northern and Central Paci	1.5 TL
Acila divaricata		Northwest Pacific.
Acila minutoides		Northwest Pacific
Acila mirabilis		Northwest Pacific.
Austronucula galatheae		Southwest Pacific
Austronucula perminima		Mediterranean Sea.
Austronucula schencki		Southwest Pacific
Brevinucula subtriangularis		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Brevinucula verrilli		Western Atlantic.
Brevinucula verrillii		Atlantic Ocean.	0.5 DL
Condylonucula maya		Western Atlantic.	0.054 DL
Ennucula aegeensis		Western Central Atlantic
Ennucula corticata		Atlantic Ocean.	0.38 DL
Ennucula cumingii		Western Pacific.
Ennucula cyrenoides		Northwest Pacific
Ennucula dalmasi		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Ennucula decipiens		Mediterranean Sea.
Ennucula elongata		Western Atlantic.	0.201 DL
Ennucula eltanini		Western Atlantic and East	0.41 DL
Ennucula georgiana		Antarctica.
Ennucula grayi		Western Atlantic and East
Ennucula linki	Link nutclam	Pacific Ocean.
Ennucula niponica		Northwest Pacific
Ennucula perforata		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Ennucula puelcha		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.2 DL
Ennucula romboides		Endemic to the Arctic.
Ennucula similis		Western Atlantic.	0.303 DL
Ennucula strangeiformis		Southwest Pacific
Ennucula tenuis	Smooth nutclam	Arctic, Atlantic, the Med	1 DL
Leionucula strangei		Southwest Pacific
Linucula recens		Southwest Pacific
Nucula aegeensis	Aegean nutclam	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern C
Nucula atacellana		Atlantic Ocean.	0.65 DL
Nucula austrobenthalis		Antarctica.	1.7 DL
Nucula bengalensis		Western Pacific.
Nucula calcicola	Reef nutclam	Atlantic Ocean.	0.19 NG
Nucula callicredemna		Western Atlantic.	1.89 DL
Nucula carlottensis	Charlotte nutclam	Eastern Pacific
Nucula certisinus		Southwest Pacific
Nucula consentanea		Western Indian Ocean
Nucula convexa		Western Pacific.
Nucula corbuloides		Mediterranean Sea
Nucula crenulata	Crenulate nutclam	Atlantic Ocean.	0.6 DL
Nucula culebrensis		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Nucula delphinodonta	Dolphintooth nutclam	Atlantic Ocean	0.33 DL
Nucula donaciformis		Northwest Pacific
Nucula dorsocrenata		Northwest Atlantic
Nucula dunedinensis		Southwest Pacific
Nucula exigua	Iridescent nutclam	Eastern Pacific and Weste
Nucula falklandica		Southeast Pacific, Southw	0.5 DL
Nucula fernandensis		Southeast Pacific
Nucula fernandinae		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Nucula gemmulata		Northwest Pacific
Nucula groenlandica	Greenland nutclam	Atlantic Ocean.
Nucula hanleyi		Northeast Atlantic and Me
Nucula hartvigiana	Nut shell	Southwest Pacific
Nucula hawaiensis		Southeast Pacific	0.03 TL
Nucula inconspicua		Western Indian Ocean
Nucula izushotoensis		Northwest Pacific
Nucula kawamurai		Northwest Pacific.
Nucula limosa		Western Atlantic.	2.9 DL
Nucula marshalli		Western Atlantic.
Nucula mesembrina		Western Atlantic and West
Nucula nitidosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Nucula nitidula		Southwest Pacific
Nucula nitidulaformis		Southwest Pacific
Nucula nucleus	Common nut clam	Eastern Atlantic and the
Nucula pachydonta		Western Pacific.
Nucula padula		Western Central Pacific
Nucula paulula		Northwest Pacific
Nucula pisum		Southwest Atlantic and So	0.5 DL
Nucula proxima	Atlantic nutclam	Atlantic Ocean and Easter	1 DL
Nucula pseudoexigua		Eastern Pacific.	0.51 DL
Nucula pusilla		Arctic
Nucula rossiana		Southwest Pacific
Nucula subovata		Northeast Atlantic
Nucula sulcata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Nucula tokyoensis		Western Pacific.
Nucula trigonica		Western Central Pacific
Nucula tumidula		Mediterranean Sea.
Nucula turgida		Northeast Atlantic and Me
Nucula venezuelana		Western Atlantic.	0.35 DL
Nucula zophos		Arctic
Nuculoidea pernambucensis		Western Atlantic.	0.57 DL
Nuculoma aegeensis		Mediterranean Sea
Nuculoma corbuloides		Mediterranean Sea.
Pronucula bollonsi		Southwest Pacific
Pronucula kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific
Pronucula maoria		Southwest Pacific
Pronucula tenuis		Southwest Pacific
Varinucula gallinacea		Southwest Pacific

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