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Family: Glycymerididae bittersweet clams



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Glycymeris aequilatera
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Northwest Pacific

Glycymeris albolineata (Lischke, 1872)

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Glycymeris albolineata
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Glycymeris amamiensis
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Glycymeris amboinensis
[Gold flowing bittersweet]

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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
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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
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Photo by Coudre, Christian

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

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Glycymeris glycymeris
[Common European bittersweet]
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Glycymeris hoylei
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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
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Photo by 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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Photo by 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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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.

Glycymeris subtilis (Nicol, 1956)

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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
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Tucetona laticostata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)

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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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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

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

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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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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Glycymeris aequilatera Western Central Atlantic 1791
Glycymeris albolineata Northwest Pacific 1872
Glycymeris amamiensis Western Pacific. 1930
Glycymeris amboinensis Gold flowing bittersweet Indo-West Pacific 1791
Glycymeris americana Giant bittersweet Western Atlantic. 1829
Glycymeris arabica Mediterranean Sea. 1871
Glycymeris aspera Western Pacific 1848
Glycymeris bimaculata Mediterranean Sea. 1795
Glycymeris corteziana Mediterranean Sea. 1916
Glycymeris dampieriensis Eastern Indian Ocean 1984
Glycymeris decussata Decussate bittersweet Western Atlantic. 5.5 DL 1758
Glycymeris gigantea Eastern Pacific. Subtrop 1843
Glycymeris glycymeris Common European bittersweet Eastern Atlantic and the 6.5 SHL 1758
Glycymeris hoylei Western Central Pacific 1899
Glycymeris insubrica Mediterranean Sea 1814
Glycymeris keenae Commarginal bittersweet Eastern Pacific. 1944
Glycymeris livida Western Indian Ocean 1843
Glycymeris longior Western Atlantic. 3.5 DL 1833
Glycymeris maculata Speckled bittersweet Eastern Pacific. Subtrop 1832
Glycymeris modesta Small dog cockle Southwest Pacific 1879
Glycymeris nummaria Violet bittersweet Northeast Atlantic and th 7 SHL 1758
Glycymeris oculata Western Atlantic. 2.2 DL 1843
Glycymeris ovata Black bittersweet Southeast Pacific. 1832
Glycymeris pectinata Comb bittersweet Western Atlantic. 1791
Glycymeris persimilis Eastern Indian Ocean 1939
Glycymeris pilosa Pilose bittersweet The Mediterranean and the 1767
Glycymeris pilsbryi Northwest Pacific 1920
Glycymeris reevei Reeve's bittersweet Indo-West Pacific 7.5 SHL 1868
Glycymeris rotunda Northwest Pacific 1882
Glycymeris scripta Scripta bitterwseet Eastern Central Atlantic 1780
Glycymeris septentrionalis Northern bittersweet Eastern Pacific. 4.5 TL 1849
Glycymeris sericata Western Atlantic. 1843
Glycymeris spectralis Spectral bittersweet Western Atlantic. 1.9 DL 1952
Glycymeris spurca Western Pacific 1843
Glycymeris striatularis Western Indian Ocean 1819
Glycymeris subobsoleta Northeast Pacific 1864
Glycymeris subtilis Bermuda bittersweet Western Atlantic. 1956
Glycymeris tellinaeformis Western Atlantic. 3.8 DL 1843
Glycymeris tenuicostata Western Pacific. 1843
Glycymeris undata Wavy bittersweet Western Atlantic. 3.2 DL 1758
Glycymeris vestita Northwest Pacific. 1877
Glycymeris vovan Vovan bittersweet Eastern Central Atlantic 1912
Glycymeris yessoensis Northwest Pacific 1888
Melaxinaea clarki Western Pacific 1951
Melaxinaea montrouzieri Indo-Pacific 1872
Melaxinaea vitrea Eastern Indian Ocean 1819
Tucetona amboiensis Western Central Pacific 1791
Tucetona angusticosta Eastern Indian Ocean 1990
Tucetona auriflua Indo-West Pacific. 1843
Tucetona guesi Western Indian Ocean 1895
Tucetona hanzawai Western Central Pacific 1934
Tucetona kauaia Eastern Pacific 3 H 1938
Tucetona laticostata Large dog cockle Southwest Pacific 1835
Tucetona nodosa Indo-West Pacific 1843
Tucetona odhneri Eastern Indian Ocean 1939
Tucetona pectinata Western Central Atlantic 3.1 DL 1791
Tucetona pectunculus Scalloplike bittersweet shell Indo-West Pacific 5.5 TL 1758
Tucetona sibogae Western Central Pacific 1982
Tucetona strigilata Tessellated bittersweet Eastern Pacific 1833
Tucetona tsugioi Western Central Pacific 1984



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