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Family: Cuspidariidae



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168 species (see list below)
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Austroneaera brevirostris
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Austroneaera brooki
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Austroneaera eastera
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Austroneaera finlayi
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Austroneaera raoulensis
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Austroneaera semipellucida
[North Pacific austroneaera]
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Austroneaera tangaroa
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Bathyneaera hadalis
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Bathyneaera laticella
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Cardiomya abyssicola
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Cardiomya alcocki
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Cardiomya alternata
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Cardiomya balboae
[Balboa Cardiomya]
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Cardiomya behringensis
[Bering Cardiomya]
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Cardiomya bruuni
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Cardiomya californica
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Cardiomya cleryana
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Cardiomya costata
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Cardiomya costellata
[Little-ribbed Cardiomya]
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Cardiomya curta
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Cardiomya fragilissima
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Cardiomya gemma
[Precious Cardiomya]
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Cardiomya glypta
[Carved Cardiomya]
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Cardiomya gouldiana
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Cardiomya isolirata
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Cardiomya knudseni
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Cardiomya multicostata
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Cardiomya oldroydi
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Cardiomya ornatissima
[Ornate Cardiomya]
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Max. Length 4 cm SHL
 
Cardiomya pectinata
[Pectinate Cardiomya]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

North America.
Max. Length 1 cm DL
Cardiomya perrostrata (Dall, 1881)

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Cardiomya perrostrata
[Rostrate Cardiomya]
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Cardiomya planetica
[Fine-rib Cardiomya]
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Cardiomya recitulata
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Cardiomya rectimarginata
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Cardiomya rugata
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Cardiomya saba
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Cardiomya singaporensis
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Cardiomya sinica
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Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Cardiomya striata
[Striate Cardiomya]
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Cardiomya striolata
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Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Cardiomya surinamensis
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Cardiomya tosaensis
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Cuspidaria abbreviata
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria altenai
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Cuspidaria alternata
[Alternate dipperclam]
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Cuspidaria apodema
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Cuspidaria approximata
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria arctica
[]
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Cuspidaria arcuata
[]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria atlantica
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Cuspidaria barnardi
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Cuspidaria brachyrhynchus
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Max. Length 3.4 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria braziliensis
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Cuspidaria caduca
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Cuspidaria canariensis
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Cuspidaria centobi
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria chilensis
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Cuspidaria chinensis
[]
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Cuspidaria circinata
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Southwest Atlantic and th
Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
Cuspidaria concentrica Thiele, 1912

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Cuspidaria concentrica
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Cuspidaria consociata
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Cuspidaria convexa
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Cuspidaria costellata
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Cuspidaria cuspidata
[Common cuspidaria]
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Cuspidaria dautzenbergi
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Cuspidaria delli
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Cuspidaria dissociata
[]
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Cuspidaria dubia
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Cuspidaria elegans
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Cuspidaria elliptica
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Cuspidaria exigua
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Cuspidaria fairchildi
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Cuspidaria filatovae
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Cuspidaria formosa
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Cuspidaria fraterna
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Cuspidaria gigantea
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Cuspidaria glacialis
[Glacial dipperclam]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific and Ant
Max. Length 0.5 cm SHL
Cuspidaria infelix Thiele, 1912

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Cuspidaria infelix
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Cuspidaria inflata
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria jeffreysi
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Cuspidaria jugosa
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Cuspidaria kawamurai
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Cuspidaria kerguelensis
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Cuspidaria lamellosa
[]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria luymesi
[]
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Cuspidaria macrohynchus
[]
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Cuspidaria maxima
[]
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Cuspidaria media
[Median dipperclam]
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Cuspidaria meridionalis
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria microrhina
[Little-snout dipperclam]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria minima
[]
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Cuspidaria mitis
[]
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Cuspidaria monosteira
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Cuspidaria morelandi
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Cuspidaria morioria
[]
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Cuspidaria multicostata
[]
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Cuspidaria munieri
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Mediterranean Sea

Cuspidaria obesa (Loven, 1846)

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Cuspidaria obesa
[Obese dipperclam]
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Cuspidaria obliqua
[]
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Cuspidaria parapodema
[California dipperclam]
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Cuspidaria parkeri
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria parva
[]
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Cuspidaria patagonica
[]
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Cuspidaria pellucida
[Translucent dipperclam]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria platensis
[]
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Cuspidaria potti
[]
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Cuspidaria rostrata
[Rostrate dipperclam]
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Cuspidaria smirnovi
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Cuspidaria steindachneri
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Cuspidaria subglacialis
[Subglacial dipperclam]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Cuspidaria subtorta
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Cuspidaria subtorte
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Cuspidaria sulcifera
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Max. Length 0.5 cm SHL
 
Cuspidaria tenella
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Cuspidaria teres
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Cuspidaria trailli
[Cusp shell]
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Cuspidaria truncata
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Cuspidaria tuhua
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Cuspidaria turgida
[]
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Cuspidaria undata
[]
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Cuspidaria variola
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Cuspidaria ventricosa
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Cuspidaria willetti
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Cuspidaria wollastoni
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Cuspidaria wollastonii
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Leiomya adunca
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Leiomya claviculata
[Clavicle myoneria]
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Leiomya halimera
[]
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Leiomya striatella
[]
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Luzonia walleri
[Short dipperclam]
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Multitentacula composita
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Myonera alleni
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Myonera angularis
[]
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Myonera atlantica
[]
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Myonera caduca
[]
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Myonera dautzenbergi
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Myonera demistriata
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Myonera garretti
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Myonera gigantea
[]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Myonera kaiwa
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Myonera lamellifera
[Shingled myonera]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Myonera limatula
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Myonera paucistriata
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Myonera pretiosa
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Myonera ruginosa
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Myonera tasmanica
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Myonera tillamookensis
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Myonera undata
[]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Octoporia octaporosa
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Plectodon granulatus
[Grainy plectodon]
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Plectodon lepidus
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Plectodon pruinosus
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Plectodon regalis
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Plectodon scaber
[Rough plectodon]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Protocuspidaria atlantica
[]
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Protocuspidaria azorica
[]
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Protocuspidaria colpodes
[]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Protocuspidaria jarauara
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Protocuspidaria simplis
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Protocuspidaria verityi
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Pseudogrippina wanganellica
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Pseudoneaera semipellucida
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Pseudoneaera wellmani
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Rhinoclama aupouria
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Rhinoclama halimera
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Rhinoclama notabilis
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Rhinoclama trailli
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Tropidomya abbreviata
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Austroneaera brevirostris Southwest Pacific 1937
Austroneaera brooki Southwest Pacific 2002
Austroneaera eastera Southeast Pacific 2012
Austroneaera finlayi Southwest Pacific 1937
Austroneaera raoulensis Southwest Pacific 1958
Austroneaera semipellucida North Pacific austroneaera East Pacific. 1948
Austroneaera tangaroa Southwest Pacific 2002
Bathyneaera hadalis Western Atlantic and West 1970
Bathyneaera laticella Western Atlantic. 1886
Cardiomya abyssicola Western Atlantic. 1898
Cardiomya alcocki Indo-West Pacific. 1894
Cardiomya alternata Western Central Atlantic 1842
Cardiomya balboae Balboa Cardiomya Eastern Pacific. 1916
Cardiomya behringensis Bering Cardiomya East Pacific. 1883
Cardiomya bruuni Southwest Pacific 1956
Cardiomya californica Eastern Pacific 1886
Cardiomya cleryana Western Atlantic. 1.5 DL 1846
Cardiomya costata Southeast Pacific 1834
Cardiomya costellata Little-ribbed Cardiomya Mediterranean Sea 1830
Cardiomya curta Northeast Atlantic 1876
Cardiomya fragilissima Antarctic Indian Ocean 1885
Cardiomya gemma Precious Cardiomya North America. 1898
Cardiomya glypta Carved Cardiomya North America. 1885
Cardiomya gouldiana Western Pacific. 1843
Cardiomya isolirata Western Pacific. 1969
Cardiomya knudseni Northeast Atlantic 1981
Cardiomya multicostata Northeast Atlantic 1898
Cardiomya oldroydi Northeast Atlantic 1924
Cardiomya ornatissima Ornate Cardiomya North America. 1842
Cardiomya pectinata Pectinate Cardiomya Northeast Pacific. 4 SHL 1864
Cardiomya perrostrata Rostrate Cardiomya North America. 1 DL 1881
Cardiomya planetica Fine-rib Cardiomya Eastern Pacific 1908
Cardiomya recitulata Northwest Pacific 1948
Cardiomya rectimarginata Southwest Pacific 1962
Cardiomya rugata Northwest Pacific 1864
Cardiomya saba Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL 1982
Cardiomya singaporensis Western Pacific. 1843
Cardiomya sinica Northwest Pacific 1980
Cardiomya striata Striate Cardiomya Arctic and Northern Atlan 1.9 DL 1876
Cardiomya striolata Mediterranean Sea 1898
Cardiomya surinamensis Western Atlantic. 1.0 DL 1968
Cardiomya tosaensis Northwest Pacific 1948
Cuspidaria abbreviata Mediterranean Sea 1843
Cuspidaria altenai Western Atlantic. 1.2 DL 2005
Cuspidaria alternata Alternate dipperclam North America. 1842
Cuspidaria apodema Canada 1916
Cuspidaria approximata Northwest Pacific 1869
Cuspidaria arctica Western Central Atlantic, 2 DL 1878
Cuspidaria arcuata Western Central Atlantic 1881
Cuspidaria atlantica Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1981
Cuspidaria barnardi Western Atlantic. 1970
Cuspidaria brachyrhynchus Western Indian Ocean 1899
Cuspidaria braziliensis Western Atlantic. 3.4 DL 1915
Cuspidaria caduca Indo-West Pacific. 1894
Cuspidaria canariensis Northeast Atlantic 1985
Cuspidaria centobi Northeast Atlantic 1979
Cuspidaria chilensis Southeast Pacific and Wes 1.2 DL 1890
Cuspidaria chinensis Northwest Pacific 1834
Cuspidaria circinata Northwest Pacific 1876
Cuspidaria concentrica Southwest Atlantic and th 0.5 DL 1912
Cuspidaria consociata Western Atlantic. 1885
Cuspidaria convexa Western Pacific. 1932
Cuspidaria costellata Western Atlantic 1833
Cuspidaria cuspidata Common cuspidaria Northeast Atlantic and th 1792
Cuspidaria dautzenbergi Western Pacific. 1932
Cuspidaria delli Southwest Pacific 1970
Cuspidaria dissociata Western Indian Ocean 1899
Cuspidaria dubia Western Pacific. 1932
Cuspidaria elegans Western Pacific. 1843
Cuspidaria elliptica Mediterranean Sea 1974
Cuspidaria exigua Mediterranean Sea 1876
Cuspidaria fairchildi Southwest Pacific 1908
Cuspidaria filatovae Southwest Pacific
Cuspidaria formosa Southwest Pacific 1893
Cuspidaria fraterna Southwest Pacific 1893
Cuspidaria gigantea Southwest Pacific 1884
Cuspidaria glacialis Glacial dipperclam Atlantic Ocean, Northern 1878
Cuspidaria infelix Southeast Pacific and Ant 0.5 SHL 1912
Cuspidaria inflata Southeast Pacific and Ant 1876
Cuspidaria jeffreysi Western Atlantic 0.4 DL 1881
Cuspidaria jugosa Mediterranean Sea. 1856
Cuspidaria kawamurai Western Pacific. 1948
Cuspidaria kerguelensis Antarctic. 1885
Cuspidaria lamellosa Antarctic. 1878
Cuspidaria luymesi Western Atlantic. 1.6 DL 2005
Cuspidaria macrohynchus Indo-West Pacific. 1895
Cuspidaria maxima Indo-West Pacific. 1897
Cuspidaria media Median dipperclam East Pacific. 1898
Cuspidaria meridionalis Antarctic Indian Ocean 1885
Cuspidaria microrhina Little-snout dipperclam North America. 4 DL 1886
Cuspidaria minima Antarctica. 0.4 DL 1993
Cuspidaria mitis Indo-Pacific. 1932
Cuspidaria monosteira Western Atlantic. 1890
Cuspidaria morelandi Southwest Pacific 1956
Cuspidaria morioria Southwest Pacific 1956
Cuspidaria multicostata Antarctica. 1993
Cuspidaria munieri Antarctica. 1897
Cuspidaria obesa Obese dipperclam Mediterranean Sea 1846
Cuspidaria obliqua Northeast Atlantic 1985
Cuspidaria parapodema California dipperclam East Pacific. 1969
Cuspidaria parkeri East Pacific.
Cuspidaria parva Atlantic Ocean. 0.4 DL 1898
Cuspidaria patagonica Southeast Pacific and Wes 1885
Cuspidaria pellucida Translucent dipperclam North America. 1853
Cuspidaria platensis Western Atlantic. 1.3 DL 1885
Cuspidaria potti Western Indian Ocean 1901
Cuspidaria rostrata Rostrate dipperclam Arctic, Western Atlantic 1793
Cuspidaria smirnovi Western Atlantic. 1998
Cuspidaria steindachneri Western Indian Ocean 1899
Cuspidaria subglacialis Subglacial dipperclam North America. 1913
Cuspidaria subtorta Arctic and Northern Atlan 0.7 DL 1878
Cuspidaria subtorte Arctic and Northern Atlan 1878
Cuspidaria sulcifera Arctic and Northern Atlan 1882
Cuspidaria tenella Southeast Pacific, Southw 0.5 SHL 1907
Cuspidaria teres Northeast Atlantic 1882
Cuspidaria trailli Cusp shell Southwest Pacific 1873
Cuspidaria truncata Northeast Atlantic 1882
Cuspidaria tuhua Southwest Pacific 1962
Cuspidaria turgida Arctic and Northwest Atla 1898
Cuspidaria undata Arctic and Northwest Atla 1884
Cuspidaria variola Arctic and Northwest Atla
Cuspidaria ventricosa Atlantic Ocean. 1898
Cuspidaria willetti Southwest Pacific 1948
Cuspidaria wollastoni Southwest Pacific 1885
Cuspidaria wollastonii Atlantic Ocean. 1885
Leiomya adunca Northwest Pacific 1861
Leiomya claviculata Clavicle myoneria North America. 1.2 DL 1881
Leiomya halimera North America. 1886
Leiomya striatella Western Atlantic. 1898
Luzonia walleri Short dipperclam East Pacific. 1989
Multitentacula composita Western Atlantic. 1995
Myonera alleni Western Atlantic. 1995
Myonera angularis Northeast Atlantic 1876
Myonera atlantica Northeast Atlantic 1981
Myonera caduca Western Pacific. 1894
Myonera dautzenbergi Pacific Ocean. 1932
Myonera demistriata Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL 1981
Myonera garretti Western Atlantic.
Myonera gigantea Northwest Atlantic. 1884
Myonera kaiwa Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL 2009
Myonera lamellifera Shingled myonera North America. 1.2 DL 1881
Myonera limatula Western Atlantic. 1.1 DL 1881
Myonera paucistriata Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W 1 DL 1886
Myonera pretiosa Western Atlantic. 1898
Myonera ruginosa Atlantic Ocean. 0.6 DL 1881
Myonera tasmanica Southwest Pacific 1970
Myonera tillamookensis Southwest Pacific 1916
Myonera undata Northwest Atlantic. 1884
Octoporia octaporosa Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL 1981
Plectodon granulatus Grainy plectodon North America. 1.2 DL 1881
Plectodon lepidus Southwest Pacific 2002
Plectodon pruinosus Southwest Pacific 2002
Plectodon regalis Southwest Pacific 2002
Plectodon scaber Rough plectodon Eastern Pacific. 1864
Protocuspidaria atlantica Atlantic Ocean. 0.7 DL 1981
Protocuspidaria azorica Northeast Atlantic 1885
Protocuspidaria colpodes Northeast Atlantic 1897
Protocuspidaria jarauara Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL 2009
Protocuspidaria simplis Northeast Atlantic 1981
Protocuspidaria verityi Atlantic Ocean. 0.6 DL 1981
Pseudogrippina wanganellica Southwest Pacific 2002
Pseudoneaera semipellucida Northwest Pacific 1948
Pseudoneaera wellmani Southwest Pacific 1948
Rhinoclama aupouria Southwest Pacific 1950
Rhinoclama halimera Northeast Atlantic 1886
Rhinoclama notabilis Northeast Atlantic 0.6 DL 1876
Rhinoclama trailli Southwest Pacific 1873
Tropidomya abbreviata Northeast Atlantic and th 1843



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