Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Anatina anatina	Smooth duckclam	North America.	4.4 DL	1802
Barymactra rostrata	Rostrate mactra	Eastern Central Atlantic		1802
Crassula aequilatera		Southwest Pacific		1854
Cyclomactra ovata	Oval trough shell	Southwest Pacific		1843
Cyclomactra tristis		Southwest Pacific		1854
Darina solenoides		Southeast Pacific and Sou		1832
Eastonia rugosa		Mediterranean Sea.		1779
Heterocardia elliptica		Western Pacific		1983
Labiosa vitrea	Glassy mactra	Eastern Central Atlantic		1837
Lutraria alderi		Northeast Atlantic
Lutraria angustior		Northeast Atlantic and th	5.1 SHL	1844
Lutraria arcuata		Western Pacific.		1854
Lutraria australis		Indo-West Pacific.		1854
Lutraria bruuni		Southwest Pacific		1967
Lutraria elongata	Elongate mactra	Eastern Atlantic		1837
Lutraria impar		Western Central Pacific		1854
Lutraria lutraria	Mud-dwelling mactra	Southeast Atlantic, Easte		1758
Lutraria magna		Indo-Pacific and Mediterr		1778
Lutraria maxima		Western Pacific		1844
Lutraria philippinarum		Indo-West Pacific		1854
Lutraria rhynchaena		Eastern Indian Ocean		1844
Mactra achatina	Agate troughshell	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 SHL	1802
Mactra aphrodina		Western Pacific		1854
Mactra californica		Western Pacific		1837
Mactra chemnitzii		Western Pacific		1837
Mactra chinensis	Sunray surf clam	Northwest Pacific.		1846
Mactra crossii		Northwest Pacific		1882
Mactra cuneata	Wedge trough shell	Indo-West Pacific	4 SHL	1791
Mactra dolabriformis		Indo-West Pacific		1867
Mactra fragilis	Fragile mactra clam	Western Atlantic		1791
Mactra gigas		Western Atlantic.	10.9 DL	1969
Mactra glabrata	Smooth mactra	Eastern Atlantic and the		1767
Mactra glauca	Grey rough shell	Northeast Atlantic and th	11.0 SHL	1778
Mactra grandis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1791
Mactra guidoi		Southwest Atlantic		2010
Mactra inaequalis		Western Pacific		1854
Mactra incarnata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1854
Mactra inceri		Western Atlantic.	3.6 DL	1998
Mactra iridescens		Northwest Pacific		1958
Mactra isabelleana		Western Atlantic	6.1 DL	1846
Mactra janeiroensis		Western Atlantic	3.1 DL	1915
Mactra largillierti	Largilliert's Mactra	Eastern Atlantic		1849
Mactra lilacea		Western Indian Ocean and		1818
Mactra luzonica	Luzon troughshell	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1854
Mactra maculata	Maculated troughshell	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 SHL	1791
Mactra marplatensis		Western Atlantic.	3 DL	1949
Mactra mera	Plain troughshell	Western Pacific	9 SHL	1854
Mactra miskito		Western Central Atlantic	3 DL	1998
Mactra mitis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1854
Mactra nasuta		Eastern Indian Ocean		1851
Mactra nitida	Polished mactra	Eastern Atlantic and the		1791
Mactra nucleus		Western Atlantic.		1831
Mactra olorina		Mediterranean Sea.		1846
Mactra ordinaria		Southwest Pacific		1898
Mactra patagonica		Western Atlantic.	6 DL	1846
Mactra petitii		Western Central Atlantic	3 DL	1846
Mactra quadrangularis	Venus mactra	Western Pacific.		1854
Mactra quirosana		Western Atlantic.		1931
Mactra stultorum	Rayed trough-shell	Northeast Atlantic and th	6.4 SHL	1758
Mactra subrostrata		Western Pacific		1854
Mactra violacea	Violet troughshell	Western Central Pacific;	9.5 SHL	1791
Mactrellona alata	Caribbean winged mactra	Western Atlantic and East	10 NG	1802
Mactrellona exoleta		Eastern Pacific.		1837
Mactrellona iheringi		Western Central Atlantic	6.5 DL	1897
Mactrinula angulifera		Western Pacific		1854
Mactrinula depressa		Western Pacific.		1802
Mactrinula dolabrata	Hoe surf clam	Western Pacific.		1854
Mactrinula reevei		Western Pacific		1853
Mactrinula reevesii		Northwest Pacific		1837
Mactromeris catilliformis	Dish surfclam	East Pacific.		1867
Mactromeris hemphillii	Hemphill surfclam	East Pacific.		1894
Mactromeris polynyma	Arctic surfclam	Northeast Pacific and the	16 SHL	1860
Mactrotoma californica	California surfclam	Northeast Pacific.	4.8 SHL	1837
Mactrotoma fragilis	Fragile surfclam	North America.	9.4 DL	1791
Mactrotoma nasuta	Ridged surfclam	East Pacific.		1851
Mactrotoma ovalina		Western Indian Ocean		1818
Mactrotoma surinamensis		Western Central Atlantic		1968
Mactrotoma velata	Concealed surf clam	Eastern Pacific and Weste		1849
Meropesta capillacea	Maidenhair mactra	Indo-West Pacific	6.5 SHL	1854
Meropesta nicobarica		Western Pacific.		1791
Meropesta pellucida	Pellucid mactra	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL	1791
Meropesta sinojaponica		Western Pacific.		1983
Mulinia byronensis		Southeast Pacific and Sou		1837
Mulinia cleryana		Western Atlantic	3.2 DL	1846
Mulinia edulis		Southeast Pacific and Sou	6.3 DL	1832
Mulinia lateralis	Dwarf surfclam	Western Atlantic Ocean.	1.5 DL	1822
Mulinia levicardo		Southeast Pacific		1881
Mulinia pontchartrainensis		Western Atlantic.		1965
Oxyperas aspersa		Western Pacific.		1825
Oxyperas belliana		Southwest Pacific		1915
Oxyperas bernardi	Bernard's venus	Western Pacific		1904
Oxyperas elongata	Long trough shell	Southwest Pacific		1835
Oxyperas lentiginosa		Western Pacific		1852
Pseudocardium sybillae	Imperial surf clam	Western Pacific	12 ShL	1858
Rangia cuneata	Atlantic rangia	Western Atlantic	9.4 SHL	1831
Rangia flexuosa	Brown rangia	North America.		1840
Rangia mendica		Western Atlantic and East		1851
Resania lanceolata	Lance mactra	Southwest Pacific		1852
Scalpomactra scalpellum		Southwest Pacific		1854
Simomactra falcata	Hooked surfclam	Northeast Pacific	9 SHL	1850
Simomactra planulata	Flat surfclam	East Pacific.		1837
Spisula aequilatera	Equal-sized surf clam	Southwest Pacific		1854
Spisula catilliformis		Southwest Pacific		1867
Spisula discors	Discors trough shell	Southwest Pacific		1837
Spisula elliptica	Elliptical trough shell	Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1827
Spisula hemphillii		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1894
Spisula murchisoni		Southwest Pacific		1854
Spisula ovalis		Northeast Atlantic		1817
Spisula raveneli	Southern surfclam	North America.		1831
Spisula sachalinensis	Sakhalin surf clam	Northwest Pacific		1862
Spisula solida	Solid surf clam	Eastern Atlantic and the	5 SHL	1758
Spisula solidissima	Atlantic surfclam	Western Atlantic Ocean.	20 SHL	1817
Spisula subtruncata	Subtruncate surf clam	Eastern Atlantic and the	3 SHL	1778
Spisula trigonella		Indo-West Pacific		1818
Tanysiphon rivalis		Eastern Indian Ocean.		1858
Tresus capax	Fat gaper	Eastern Pacific	18 SHL	1850
Tresus keenae	Japanese horse clam	Northwest Pacific		1950
Tresus nuttallii	Pacific gaper	Eastern Pacific	25.4 SHL	1837
Zenatia acinaces	Scimitar mactra	Southwest Pacific		1835

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Family: Mactridae trough shells(See list of species below)

Family: Mactridae trough shells

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