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Family: Mactridae trough shells



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Max. Length 4.4 cm DL
 
Anatina anatina
[Smooth duckclam]
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Barymactra rostrata
[Rostrate mactra]
No picture found
 
Crassula aequilatera
[]
No picture found
 
Cyclomactra ovata
[Oval trough shell]
No picture found
 
Cyclomactra tristis
[]
No picture found
 
Darina solenoides
[]

França, Antonio

Mediterranean Sea.

Eastonia rugosa(Helbling, 1779)

Photo by França, Antonio
 
Eastonia rugosa
[]
No picture found
 
Heterocardia elliptica
[]
No picture found
 
Labiosa vitrea
[Glassy mactra]
No picture found
 
Lutraria alderi
[]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 5.1 cm SHL
Lutraria angustiorPhilippi, 1844

Photo by FAO
 
Lutraria angustior
[]
No picture found
 
Lutraria arcuata
[]
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Lutraria australis
[]
No picture found
 
Lutraria bruuni
[]
No picture found
 
Lutraria elongata
[Elongate mactra]
No picture found
 
Lutraria impar
[]

Fenwick, David

Southeast Atlantic, Easte

Lutraria lutraria(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Lutraria lutraria
[Mud-dwelling mactra]

FAO

Indo-Pacific and Mediterr

Lutraria magna(da Costa, 1778)

Photo by FAO
 
Lutraria magna
[]
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Lutraria maxima
[]
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Lutraria philippinarum
[]
No picture found
 
Lutraria rhynchaena
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Mactra achatinaHolten, 1802

Photo by FAO
 
Mactra achatina
[Agate troughshell]
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Mactra aphrodina
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra californica
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra chemnitzii
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra chinensis
[Sunray surf clam]
No picture found
 
Mactra crossii
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4 cm SHL
Mactra cuneataGmelin, 1791

Photo by FAO
 
Mactra cuneata
[Wedge trough shell]
No picture found
 
Mactra dolabriformis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Mactra fragilisGmelin, 1791

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mactra fragilis
[Fragile mactra clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.9 cm DL
 
Mactra gigas
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra glabrata
[Smooth mactra]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 11.0 cm SHL
Mactra glaucaBorn, 1778

Photo by FAO
 
Mactra glauca
[Grey rough shell]
No picture found
 
Mactra grandis
[]
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Mactra guidoi
[]
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Mactra inaequalis
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra incarnata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm DL
 
Mactra inceri
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra iridescens
[]
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Max. Length 6.1 cm DL
 
Mactra isabelleana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm DL
 
Mactra janeiroensis
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra largillierti
[Largilliert's Mactra]
No picture found
 
Mactra lilacea
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Mactra luzonicaReeve, 1854

Photo by FAO
 
Mactra luzonica
[Luzon troughshell]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Mactra maculataGmelin, 1791

Photo by FAO
 
Mactra maculata
[Maculated troughshell]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Mactra marplatensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Mactra meraReeve, 1854

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mactra mera
[Plain troughshell]
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Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Mactra miskito
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra mitis
[]
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Mactra nasuta
[]
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Mactra nitida
[Polished mactra]
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Mactra nucleus
[]
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Mactra olorina
[]
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Mactra ordinaria
[]
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Max. Length 6 cm DL
 
Mactra patagonica
[]
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Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Mactra petitii
[]
No picture found
 
Mactra quadrangularis
[Venus mactra]
No picture found
 
Mactra quirosana
[]

Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 6.4 cm SHL
Mactra stultorum(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Mactra stultorum
[Rayed trough-shell]
No picture found
 
Mactra subrostrata
[]

FAO

Western Central Pacific;
Max. Length 9.5 cm SHL
Mactra violaceaGmelin, 1791

Photo by FAO
 
Mactra violacea
[Violet troughshell]

FAO

Western Atlantic and East
Max. Length 10 cm NG
Mactrellona alata(Sprengler, 1802)

Photo by FAO
 
Mactrellona alata
[Caribbean winged mactra]
No picture found
 
Mactrellona exoleta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm DL
 
Mactrellona iheringi
[]
No picture found
 
Mactrinula angulifera
[]
No picture found
 
Mactrinula depressa
[]
No picture found
 
Mactrinula dolabrata
[Hoe surf clam]
No picture found
 
Mactrinula reevei
[]
No picture found
 
Mactrinula reevesii
[]
No picture found
 
Mactromeris catilliformis
[Dish surfclam]
No picture found
 
Mactromeris hemphillii
[Hemphill surfclam]
No picture found

Max. Length 16 cm SHL
 
Mactromeris polynyma
[Arctic surfclam]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm SHL
 
Mactrotoma californica
[California surfclam]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.4 cm DL
 
Mactrotoma fragilis
[Fragile surfclam]
No picture found
 
Mactrotoma nasuta
[Ridged surfclam]
No picture found
 
Mactrotoma ovalina
[]
No picture found
 
Mactrotoma surinamensis
[]
No picture found
 
Mactrotoma velata
[Concealed surf clam]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHL
Meropesta capillacea(Reeve, 1854)

Photo by FAO
 
Meropesta capillacea
[Maidenhair mactra]
No picture found
 
Meropesta nicobarica
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Meropesta pellucida(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Meropesta pellucida
[Pellucid mactra]
No picture found
 
Meropesta sinojaponica
[]
No picture found
 
Mulinia byronensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Mulinia cleryana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.3 cm DL
 
Mulinia edulis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Mulinia lateralis
[Dwarf surfclam]
No picture found
 
Mulinia levicardo
[]
No picture found
 
Mulinia pontchartrainensis
[]
No picture found
 
Oxyperas aspersa
[]
No picture found
 
Oxyperas belliana
[]
No picture found
 
Oxyperas bernardi
[Bernard's venus]
No picture found
 
Oxyperas elongata
[Long trough shell]
No picture found
 
Oxyperas lentiginosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm ShL
 
Pseudocardium sybillae
[Imperial surf clam]

FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 9.4 cm SHL
Rangia cuneata(Sowerby I, 1831)

Photo by FAO
 
Rangia cuneata
[Atlantic rangia]
No picture found
 
Rangia flexuosa
[Brown rangia]
No picture found
 
Rangia mendica
[]
No picture found
 
Resania lanceolata
[Lance mactra]
No picture found
 
Scalpomactra scalpellum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm SHL
 
Simomactra falcata
[Hooked surfclam]
No picture found
 
Simomactra planulata
[Flat surfclam]
No picture found
 
Spisula aequilatera
[Equal-sized surf clam]
No picture found
 
Spisula catilliformis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Spisula discors(Gray, 1837)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Spisula discors
[Discors trough shell]
No picture found
 
Spisula elliptica
[Elliptical trough shell]
No picture found
 
Spisula hemphillii
[]
No picture found
 
Spisula murchisoni
[]
No picture found
 
Spisula ovalis
[]
No picture found
 
Spisula raveneli
[Southern surfclam]
No picture found
 
Spisula sachalinensis
[Sakhalin surf clam]

Fenwick, David

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Spisula solida(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Spisula solida
[Solid surf clam]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Western Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 20 cm SHL
Spisula solidissima(Dillwyn, 1817)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Spisula solidissima
[Atlantic surfclam]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Spisula subtruncata(da Costa, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Spisula subtruncata
[Subtruncate surf clam]
No picture found
 
Spisula trigonella
[]
No picture found
 
Tanysiphon rivalis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm SHL
Tresus capax(Gould, 1850)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tresus capax
[Fat gaper]
No picture found
 
Tresus keenae
[Japanese horse clam]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 25.4 cm SHL
Tresus nuttallii(Conrad, 1837)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tresus nuttallii
[Pacific gaper]
No picture found
 
Zenatia acinaces
[Scimitar mactra]


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