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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 californicusConrad, 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 cuneatusLinnaeus, 1758

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Donax cuneatus
[Cuneate Donax]

FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Donax denticulatusLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by FAO
 
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 fabaGmelin, 1791

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

O'Keefe, Jo

North America.
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Donax fossorSay, 1822

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Donax fossor
[Fossor coquina]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Donax gemmula
[]
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Donax gouldii
[Gould beanclam]
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Donax gracilis
[Gracile Donax]
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Max. Length 3.3 cm DL
 
Donax hanleyanus
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 4 cm SHL
Donax incarnatusGmelin, 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]
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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]
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Donax semigranosus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 4.3 cm SHL
Donax semistriatusPoli, 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 striatusLinnaeus, 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 trunculusLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by FAO
 
Donax trunculus
[Truncate Donax]
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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]
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Max. Length 3.4 cm NG
 
Donax vellicatus
[]

França, Antonio

Eastern Atlantic and the

Donax venustusPoli, 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]
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Egeria concamerata
[]
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Egeria heukelomii
[]
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Egeria kochii
[]
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Galatea bengoensis
[]
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Galatea bernardii
[]
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Galatea cailliaudii
[]
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Galatea congica
[]
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Galatea nux
[]
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Galatea paradoxa
[Common galatea clam]
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Galatea schwabi
[]
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Galatea tenuicula
[]
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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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