Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Mysia undata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1777
Notocallista multistriata	Deep water venus	Southwest Pacific		1851
Nutricola confusa	Confusing dwarf-venus	East Pacific.		1982
Nutricola cymata	Wavy dwarf-venus	East Pacific.		1913
Nutricola lordi	Lord dwarf-venus	Pacific Ocean	1 SHL	1863
Nutricola ovalis	Oval dwarf-venus	East Pacific.		1902
Nutricola tantilla	Purple dwarf-venus	Northeast Pacific.	0.6 SHL	1853
Paphia alapapilionis	Butterfly venus	Indo-Pacific.		1798
Paphia amabilis	Lovely venus	Western Pacific		1847
Paphia aurea	Golden carpet shell	Mediterranean Sea.		1791
Paphia declivis		Western Central Pacific		1852
Paphia euglypta		Western Pacific.		1847
Paphia exarata		Indo-West Pacific.		1851
Paphia japonica		Indo-Pacific.		1791
Paphia lirata		Indo-Pacific.		1848
Paphia litarata		Western Central Pacific		1848
Paphia lucens		Mediterranean Sea		1886
Paphia papilionacea		Northwest Pacific		1818
Paphia rhomboides		Mediterranean Sea		1777
Paphia schnelliana		Western Central Pacific		1866
Paphia semirugata	Semigrooved venus	Indo-West Pacific.	7.5 SHL	1847
Paphia textile	Textile venus	Indo-West Pacific and the	8 SHL	1791
Parastarte triquetra	Brown gemclam	North America.	0.4 DL	1846
Paratapes undulatus	Undulate venus	Indo-West Pacific	6.5 SHL	1778
Pardosinia amphidesmoides		Western Pacific.		1850
Pardosinia pubescens		Indo-Pacific.		1847
Pelecyora ceylonica		Western Indian Ocean		1865
Pelecyora trigona		Northwest Pacific		1850
Periglypta chemnitzii	Chemnitz's venus	Western Central Pacific	3 TL	1844
Periglypta clathrata	Clathrate venus	Indo-West Pacific	10 SHL	1854
Periglypta compressa		Western Pacific		1964
Periglypta corbis		Western Central Pacific		1818
Periglypta crispata	Crispate venus	Indo-Pacific.	5.2 TL	1854
Periglypta listeri	Princess venus	North America.	10 NG	1838
Periglypta monilifera		Western Central Pacific		1853
Periglypta multicostata		Southeast Pacific		1835
Periglypta puerpera	Youthful venus	Indo-Pacific	12.5 SHL	1771
Periglypta reticulata	Reticulated venus	Indo-Pacific	9 SHL	1758
Petricola californiensis	California petricola	East Pacific.		1932
Petricola carditoides	Hearty petricola	North Pacific.	5.5 SHL	1837
Petricola dactylus		Western Atlantic and East		1823
Petricola denticulata		Western Atlantic and East		1834
Petricola divergens		Indo-Pacific.		1791
Petricola donnae		Western Atlantic.		1998
Petricola fabagella		Western Pacific		1818
Petricola hertzana	Kelp petricolid	East Pacific.		1997
Petricola inversa		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL	2001
Petricola japonica	Japanese petricolid	Northwest Pacific.		1882
Petricola lajonkairii		Mediterranean Sea		1826
Petricola lapicida	Boring petricola	Indo-Pacific and Western	3 DL	1791
Petricola lithophaga	Rock-eating petricola	Mediterranean Sea		1786
Petricola lucasana		Mediterranean Sea		1948
Petricola monstrosa		Western Pacific		1791
Petricola pholadiformis	American piddock	Atlantic and Mediterranea	6 TL	1818
Petricola substriata		Mediterranean Sea		1808
Petricolaria pholadiformis	False angel wing	Western Atlantic	6.5 SHL	1818
Petricolaria stellae		Western Atlantic.	3.2 DL	1975
Phacosoma abyssicola		Northwest Pacific		1961
Phacosoma canaliculata		Northwest Pacific		1852
Phacosoma corcula		Northwest Pacific		1870
Phacosoma eudeli		Western Pacific		1967
Phacosoma gibba		Northwest Pacific		1869
Phacosoma truncata		Western Pacific		1964
Phacosoma zilchi		Northwest Pacific		1967
Pitar affinis		Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 TL	1791
Pitar albidus		Northeast Atlantic and We	1.1 TL	1791
Pitar arestus	Pleasing pitar	Western Central Atlantic	5.1 TL	1901
Pitar bermudezi		Venezuela.	4.5 TL	2001
Pitar chordatum		Northwest Pacific		1869
Pitar circinatus		Western Atlantic	4.1 TL	1778
Pitar citrinus	Yellow pitar venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1818
Pitar cordatus		Western Atlantic.	3.3 DL	1951
Pitar dione		Western Atlantic		1758
Pitar fulminatus	Lightning pitar	Atlantic Ocean	4.8 TL	1828
Pitar hebraeum		Indo-West Pacific		1818
Pitar indecoroides		Northwest Pacific		1928
Pitar intricata		Western Central Pacific		1907
Pitar levis		Western Pacific		1978
Pitar limatulum		Western Pacific.		1851
Pitar lineolatum		Northwest Pacific		1854
Pitar manillae		Western Pacific		1851
Pitar marrowae		Western Central Pacific		1992
Pitar mediterranea		Mediterranean Sea.		1855
Pitar morrhuanus	False quahog	Western Atlantic	3.5 DL	1848
Pitar newcombianus	Newcomb pitar	East Pacific and Northeas		1865
Pitar obliquata		Indo-West Pacific.	4.4 TL	1844
Pitar palmeri		Western Atlantic.	3.3 TL	1967
Pitar patagonicus		Southwest Atlantic	5.5 TL	1842
Pitar pellucidus	Pellucid pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	4.5 SHL	1818
Pitar pilula	Little-pill pitar	Atlantic Ocean	0.6 TL	1943
Pitar potteri		Western Central Pacific		1992
Pitar prora		Indo-Pacific.		1837
Pitar reeveanum		Northwest Pacific		1903
Pitar rostratus	Rostrate pitar	Southeast Pacific and Sou	5.6 DL	1844
Pitar rudis	Rough pitar venus	Mediterranean Sea.		1795
Pitar simpsoni	Chalky pitar	Atlantic Ocean	1.7 TL	1895
Pitar sophiae		Western Central Pacific		1877
Pitar spoori		Western Central Pacific		1990
Pitar striata		Northwest and Western Cen		1838
Pitar subarestus		Western Atlantic.		1912
Pitar subpellucidum		Western Pacific		1851
Pitar sulcata		Western Pacific		1978
Pitar sulfureum		Northwest Pacific		1904
Pitar tumens	Swollen venus	Eastern Central Atlantic		1791
Pitar zonatus	Banded pitar	Atlantic Ocean	2.3 TL	1902
Pitarenus cordatus	Corded pitar	Atlantic Ocean	3.3 TL	1951
Placamen berrii		Eastern Indian Ocean		1828
Placamen calophylla	Gray venus	Indo-West Pacific.	3 TL	1836
Placamen foliaceum		Western Indian Ocean		1846
Placamen gravescens		Eastern Indian Ocean		1843
Placamen isabellina		Western Pacific.		1849
Placamen lamellata		Indo-Pacific.		1798
Placamen retroversum		Eastern Central Pacific		1853
Placamen tiara	Tiar venus	Indo-West Pacific	3.5 SHL	1817
Polititapes aureus	Golden carpet shell	Northeast Atlantic and th		1791
Polititapes parvovalis		Northeast Atlantic and th		2021
Polititapes rhomboides	Banded carpet shell	Northeast Atlantic and th	6 SHL	1777
Protapes gallus	Rooster venus	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 SHL	1791
Protothaca asperrima		Indo-West Pacific		1835
Protothaca crassisosta	Ribbed venus	Southwest Pacific		1835
Protothaca granulata	Beaded venus	North America.	2.4 DL	1791
Protothaca laciniata	Rough littleneck	East Pacific.		1864
Protothaca pectorina		Western Atlantic		1818
Protothaca tenerrima	Thin-shell littleneck	East Pacific.		1857
Psephidia cymata		East Pacific.		1913
Psephidia foveolata		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1910
Psephidia lordi		Western Atlantic.		1863
Psephidia ovalis		Western Atlantic.		1902
Psephidia stephensae		Western Atlantic.		1972
Puberella intapurpurea	Lady-in-waiting venus	Western Central Atlantic	4.3 DL	1849
Puberella pubera	Downy venus	North America.		1827
Redicirce sulcata		Indo-West Pacific.		1838
Retrotapes exalbidus	Ring clam	Southwest Atlantic and So	7 DL	1817
Ruditapes decussatus	Grooved carpet shell	Eastern Atlantic and Medi	8 SHL	1758
Ruditapes philippinarum	Japanese carpet shell	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	8 SHL	1850
Ruditapes variegatus	Variegated carpet shell	Indo-Pacific	6 SHL	1852
Samarangia quadrangularis		Western Pacific.		1850
Saxidomus gigantea	Washington butterclam	Eastern Pacific	13 SHL	1839
Saxidomus nuttalli	California butterclam	East Pacific.		1837
Saxidomus purpurata	Purple butter clam	Northwest Pacific		1852
Sunetta beni		Northwest Pacific		2021
Sunetta contempta		Indo-West Pacific		1891
Sunetta effossa		Western Indian Ocean		1843
Sunetta menstrualis	Mauve sunetta	Western Pacific	7.5 SHL	1843
Sunetta truncata	Truncate sunetta	Indo-West Pacific	4 SHL	1853
Sunettina langfordi		Western Pacific		1953
Sunettina solanderii		Western Pacific		1825
Tapes adspersa		Western Pacific.		1818
Tapes araneosa		Western Pacific		1847
Tapes belcheri	Belcher's venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1852
Tapes conspersus		Indo-West Pacific		1791
Tapes deshayesi		Indo-Pacific.	3.2 TL	1844
Tapes dorsatus	Turgid venus	Indo-West Pacific	9 SHL	1818
Tapes literatus	Lettered venus	Indo-West Pacific	10.8 SHL	1758
Tapes platyptycha		Indo-Pacific.		1901
Tapes semidecussata		Indo-Pacific.
Tapes sericeus	Silky dosinia	Western Pacific		1986
Tapes sulcarius	Furrowed venus	Indo-West Pacific.	8.5 TL	1818
Tawera elliptica	Gay's little venus	Southeast Pacific and Sou	2.8 SHH	1818
Tawera lagopus		Eastern Indian Ocean		1818
Tawera laticostata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1917
Tawera marionae		Southwest Pacific		1928
Tawera mawsoni		Southwest Pacific		1916
Tawera phenax		Southwest Pacific		1930
Tawera rosa		Southwest Pacific		1955
Tawera sphaericula		Southwest Pacific		1854
Tawera spissa	Morning star shell	Southwest Pacific		1835
Timoclea arakana		Western Indian Ocean		1871
Timoclea costellifera		Indo-West Pacific	2 TL	1850
Timoclea grus	Gray pygmy-venus	North America.	1.1 DL	1858
Timoclea habei		Western Pacific.		1977
Timoclea imbricata		Pacific Ocean.		1853
Timoclea keegani		Southeast Pacific		2012
Timoclea lionota		Northwest Pacific		1885
Timoclea marica		Indo-Pacific.	2.9 TL	1758
Timoclea micra		Northwest Pacific		1904
Timoclea mindanensis		Western Pacific.		1885
Timoclea ovata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1777
Timoclea pygmaea	Pygmy-venus	North America.		1818
Timoclea recognita		Western Pacific.		1885
Timoclea roemeriana		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Timoclea scabra		Western Pacific.		1845
Timoclea scandularis		Western Central Pacific		1909
Timoclea subnodulosa		Pacific Ocean.		1845
Tivela abaconis		Western Atlantic	1.1 DL	1902
Tivela byronensis	Byron tivela	Eastern Pacific and Weste		1838
Tivela damaoides		Western Indian Ocean		1828
Tivela dentaria		Western Atlantic.		1818
Tivela floridana	Florida tivela	North America.	1.2 DL	1939
Tivela foresti		Western Atlantic.	5.8 DL	1967
Tivela fulminata		Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL	1827
Tivela geijskesi		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1968
Tivela isabelleana		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL	1846
Tivela lessonii	Hians tivela	To be filled.		1830
Tivela mactroides	Trigonal tivela	Western Atlantic	3.4 DL	1778
Tivela planulata	Flat tivela	Eastern Pacific and Weste		1830
Tivela stultorum	Pismo clam	Eastern Pacific	15 SHL	1823
Tivela trigonella		Western Central Atlantic		1818
Tivela tripla	Triple venus	Eastern Atlantic		1771
Tivela zonaria		Western Atlantic.		1818
Transennella caboblanquensis		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1964
Transennella confusa		Western Atlantic.		1982
Transennella conradina	Colorful transennella	North America.		1884
Transennella cubaniana	Cuba transennella	North America.	1.1 DL	1842
Transennella culebrana		Western Central Atlantic	0.7 DL	1901
Transennella gerrardi		Western Atlantic.		1958
Transennella pannosa		Southeast Pacific		1835
Transennella stimpsoni	Banded transennella	Western Central Atlantic	1.5 DL	1902
Transennella tantilla	Purple transennella	Northeast Pacific		1853
Transenpitar americana		Western Atlantic.	2.6 DL	1951
Turtonia minuta	Minute turton	Northern Pacific, Norther	0.3 DL	1780
Turtonia occidentalis		Northern Pacific, Norther		1871
Venerupis aspera		Northwest Pacific		1835
Venerupis bruguieri		Western Indian Ocean		1845
Venerupis corrugata	Corrugated venus	Eastern Atlantic and the	7.7 SHL	1791
Venerupis dura	Durable venus	Eastern Atlantic and the		1791
Venerupis largillierti	Oblong venus	Southwest Pacific		1849
Venerupis lucens		Mediterranean Sea.		1886
Venerupis rugosa		Western Indian Ocean		1854
Venerupsis aurea	Smooth butter clam	Northeast Atlantic, Afric		1791
Ventricolaria foresti		Northeast Atlantic, Afric		1967
Ventricolaria listeroides		Western Atlantic		1967
Ventricolaria rigida		Western Atlantic		1817
Ventricolaria rugatina		Western Central Atlantic.		1897
Venus albina		Western Pacific		1853
Venus casina	Thick-ridged venus	Eastern Atlantic and the	5 SHL	1758
Venus casinaeformis		Northwest Pacific		1924
Venus crebrisulca	African venus	Eastern Central Atlantic		1818
Venus foliaceolamellosa	Plicate venus	Eastern Central Atlantic		1865
Venus nux	Saltwater clam	Eastern Atlantic and the		1791
Venus ovata		Mediterranean Sea
Venus sinuosa		Indo-West Pacific.		1818
Venus toreuma	Embossed venus	Indo-Pacific.		1850
Venus verrucosa	Warty venus	Eastern Atlantic, Mediter	7 SHL	1758

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Family: Veneridae venus clams(See list of species below)

Family: Veneridae venus clams

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