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Family: Veneridae venus clams



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Max. Length 6.7 cm DL
 
Agriopoma texasianum
[Texas venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.3 cm SHL
 
Ameghinomya antiqua
[Cancellated clam]
No picture found
 
Amiantis callosa
[White venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm SHL
 
Amiantis purpurata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Anomalocardia auberiana(d'Orbigny, 1842)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Anomalocardia auberiana
[Pointed venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Anomalocardia cuneimeris
[Pointed clam]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 3.7 cm SHL
Anomalocardia flexuosa(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Anomalocardia flexuosa
[West Indian pointed venus]
No picture found
 
Anomalocardia leptalea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Anomalocardia membranula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Anomalocardia nesiotica
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
Anomalocardia squamosa(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Anomalocardia squamosa
[Squamose venus]
No picture found
 
Antigona albocancellata
[]
No picture found
 
Antigona chemnitzii
[]
No picture found
 
Antigona lacerata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific and the

Antigona lamellarisSchumacher, 1817

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Antigona lamellaris
[Lamellate venus]
No picture found
 
Antigona magnifica
[]
No picture found
 
Antigona purpurea
[]
No picture found
 
Antigona resticulata
[]
No picture found
 
Antigona restriculata
[]
No picture found
 
Aphrodora kurodai
[]
No picture found
 
Aphrodora noguchii
[]
No picture found
 
Aphrodora yerburyi
[]

FAO

Southwest Pacific and Ant
Max. Length 4.9 cm SHL
Austrovenus stutchburyi(Wood, 1828)

Photo by FAO
 
Austrovenus stutchburyi
[Stutchbury's venus]
No picture found
 
Bassina hayasakai
[]
No picture found
 
Bassina hiraseana
[]
No picture found
 
Bassina multilamellata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Bassina yatei(Gray, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bassina yatei
[Frilled venus shell]
No picture found
 
Bonartemis histria
[]
No picture found
 
Bonartemis juvenilis
[]
No picture found
 
Callista accincta
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 11 cm SHL
Callista chione(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Callista chione
[Brown venus]
No picture found
 
Callista erycina
[Reddish venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm TL
 
Callista eucymata
[Glory-of-the-seas venus]
No picture found
 
Callista florida
[]
No picture found
 
Callista impar
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific

Callista lilacina(Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Callista lilacina
[Giant sulcate venus shell]
No picture found
 
Callista multiradiata
[]
No picture found
 
Callista phasianella
[]
No picture found
 
Callista pilsbryi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Indian Ocean

Callista planatella(Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Callista planatella
[]
No picture found
 
Callista politissima
[]
No picture found
 
Callista roseotincta
[]
No picture found
 
Callista semisulcata
[]
No picture found
 
Callista sinensis
[]
No picture found
 
Callista umbonella
[]
No picture found
 
Callithaca tenerrima
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific

Callocardia guttataAdams, 1864

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Callocardia guttata
[]

Pillon, Roberto

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Chamelea gallina(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Chamelea gallina
[Striped venus clam]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic and th

Chamelea striatula(da Costa, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chamelea striatula
[]
No picture found
 
Chione amathusia
[]
No picture found
 
Chione californiensis
[California venus]

FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
Chione cancellata(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by FAO
 
Chione cancellata
[Cross-barred venus]
No picture found
 
Chione clenchi
[Clench's venus]
No picture found
 
Chione compta
[Small banded venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm NG
 
Chione elevata
[]
No picture found
 
Chione grus
[Pygmy venus clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.1 cm DL
 
Chione inflata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Chione intapurpurea(Conrad, 1849)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione intapurpurea
[]
No picture found
 
Chione kellettii
[]

Coltro, Marcus

To be filled.

Chione latilirata(Conrad, 1841)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione latilirata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Chione mariae(Orbigny, 1846)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione mariae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
 
Chione mazyckii
[]
No picture found
 
Chione minor
[]
No picture found
 
Chione pailasana
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Chione paphia(Linnaeus, 1767)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione paphia
[]
No picture found
 
Chione picta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Chione pinchoti
[]
No picture found
 
Chione purpurissata
[]
No picture found
 
Chione pygmaea
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Chione subimbricata(Sowerby, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione subimbricata
[]
No picture found
 
Chione subrostrata
[]
No picture found
 
Chione subrugosa
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific.

Chione undatella(Sowerby I, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Chione undatella
[Frilled venus]
No picture found
 
Chionista fluctifraga
[Smooth venus]
No picture found
 
Chionopsis amathusia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Choristodon cancellatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.3 cm DL
 
Choristodon robustus
[Atlantic petricolid]
No picture found
 
Circe hongkongensis
[]
No picture found
 
Circe intermedia
[]
No picture found
 
Circe personata
[]
No picture found
 
Circe rugifera
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Circe scripta(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Circe scripta
[Script venus]
No picture found
 
Circe tumefacta
[]
No picture found
 
Circenita callipyga
[Venus clam]
No picture found
 
Circomphalus casina
[]
No picture found
 
Circomphalus disjectus
[Tasmania venus clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Circomphalus strigillinus
[Empress venus]
No picture found
 
Clausinella brongniartii
[]

Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 2.8 cm SHL
Clausinella fasciata(Da Costa, 1778)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Clausinella fasciata
[Banded venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Clausinella gayi
[]
No picture found
 
Clausinella tiara
[]
No picture found
 
Clementia papyracea
[]
No picture found
 
Clementia similis
[]
No picture found
 
Clementia vatheleti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm SHL
 
Compsomyax subdiaphana
[Milky venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Cooperella atlantica
[Atlantic cooperclam]
No picture found
 
Cooperella subdiaphana
[Shiny cooperclam]
No picture found
 
Cryptonemella producta
[Projecting venus]
No picture found
 
Cyclina orientalis
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Cyclina sinensis(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Cyclina sinensis
[Oriental Cylcina]
No picture found
 
Cyclinella tenuis
[Thin Cyclinella]
No picture found
 
Cyclosunetta contempta
[]
No picture found
 
Cytherea occulta
[]
No picture found
 
Dorisca jucunda
[]
No picture found
 
Dorisca nana
[]
No picture found
 
Dosina crebra
[Coarse dosina]
No picture found
 
Dosina mactracea
[]
No picture found
 
Dosina zelandica
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinella corrugata
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinella orbiculata
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinella subalata
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia alta
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia amphidesmoides
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Dosinia anus(Philippi, 1848)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Dosinia anus
[Ringed Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia bilunulatus
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia biscocta
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia caerula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm DL
 
Dosinia concentrica
[West Indian Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia contracta
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia cumingii
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia derupta
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia deshayesii
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia discoctus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm DL
 
Dosinia discus
[Disk Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia dunkeri
[Dunker's Dosinia]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.2 cm DL
 
Dosinia elegans
[Elegant Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia erythraea
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia exasperata
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 4.6 cm SHL
Dosinia exoleta(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Dosinia exoleta
[Mature Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia greyi
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia gruneri
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia hepatica
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 3.1 cm TL
Dosinia histrio(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Dosinia histrio
[Histrio Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia incisa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Dosinia iwakawai
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific

Dosinia japonicaReeve, 1856

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Dosinia japonica
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia juvenilis
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia lambata
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia laminata
[]

Fenwick, David

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 3.1 cm SHL
Dosinia lupinus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Dosinia lupinus
[Smooth Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia maoriana
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia nanus
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia orbignyi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.5 cm SHL
 
Dosinia ponderosa
[Ponderous Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia prostrata
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia scalaris
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia sculpta
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Dosinia subrosea(Gray, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Dosinia subrosea
[Fine Dosinia]
No picture found
 
Dosinia troscheli
[]
No picture found
 
Dosinia tumida
[]
No picture found
 
Eurhomalea rufa
[Peruvian yellow clam]
No picture found
 
Eurhomalea salinensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Gafrarium aequivocum
[]
No picture found
 
Gafrarium barandae
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Gafrarium dispar(Holten, 1802)

Photo by FAO
 
Gafrarium dispar
[Discrepant venus]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
Gafrarium divaricatum(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Gafrarium divaricatum
[Forked venus]
No picture found
 
Gafrarium liratum
[]
No picture found
 
Gafrarium melvilli
[]
No picture found
 
Gafrarium minimum
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Max. Length 4.8 cm SHL
Gafrarium pectinatum(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Gafrarium pectinatum
[Tumid venus]
No picture found
 
Gafrarium yukitai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Gemma gemma
[Amethyst gemclam]
No picture found
 
Gemma purpurea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Globivenus callimorpha
[Lily venus]
No picture found
 
Globivenus effossa
[]
No picture found
 
Globivenus embrithes
[]
No picture found
 
Globivenus fordi
[Ford venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Globivenus foresti
[]
No picture found
 
Globivenus listeroides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.2 cm DL
 
Globivenus rigida
[Rigid venus]
No picture found
 
Globivenus rugatina
[Queen venus]
No picture found
 
Globivenus strigillina
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean.

Globivenus toreuma(Gould, 1850)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Globivenus toreuma
[]

FAO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Gomphina aequilatera(Sowerby, 1826)

Photo by FAO
 
Gomphina aequilatera
[Equilateral venus]
No picture found
 
Gomphina maorum
[]
No picture found
 
Gomphina neastartoides
[]
No picture found
 
Gomphina undulosa
[]
No picture found
 
Gomphina veneriformis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
Gouldia cerina(Adams, 1845)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Gouldia cerina
[Waxy gouldclam]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Gouldia insularis
[]
No picture found
 
Gouldia minima
[]
No picture found
 
Gouldia picta
[]
No picture found
 
Gouldia subtrigona
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm SHL
 
Humilaria kennerleyi
[Kennerley venus]
No picture found
 
Hyphantosoma crassum
[]
No picture found
 
Hyphantosoma festoui
[]
No picture found
 
Hyphantosoma healyi
[]
No picture found
 
Hyphantosoma nancyae
[]
No picture found
 
Hyphantosoma tenue
[]
No picture found
 
Irus crenatus
[]
No picture found
 
Irus elegans
[Elegant venus]
No picture found
 
Irus irus
[Irus clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm TL
 
Irus macrophyllus
[Long leaf irus]
No picture found
 
Irus mitis
[]
No picture found
 
Irus reflexus
[Twisted venus]
No picture found
 
Irusella fernandiziana
[]
No picture found
 
Irusella lamellifera
[Lamellar venus]
No picture found
 
Katelysia eugibba
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Katelysia ferruginea
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Katelysia japonica(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Katelysia japonica
[Japan venus]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Katelysia marmorata(Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by FAO
 
Katelysia marmorata
[Marbled venus]
No picture found
 
Kyrina kyrina
[]
No picture found
 
Leukoma crassicosta
[]
No picture found
 
Leukoma granulata
[]
No picture found
 
Leukoma jedoensis
[Jedo venus]
No picture found
 
Leukoma restorationensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Leukoma staminea(Conrad, 1837)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Leukoma staminea
[Pacific littleneck]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm SHL
 
Leukoma thaca
[Taca clam]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha annettae
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha berthaulti
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha caledonensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Lioconcha castrensis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lioconcha castrensis
[Camp pitar venus]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha dautzenbergi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Lioconcha fastigiata
[Dark pitar venus]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha gordoni
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha hieroglyphica
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha lorenziana
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha macaulayi
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha melharteae
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Lioconcha ornata(Dillwyn, 1817)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lioconcha ornata
[Ornate pitar venus]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha philippinarum
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha polita
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Lioconcha pseudofastigiataLamprell & Healy, 2002

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lioconcha pseudofastigiata
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha richerdeforgesi
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha schioettei
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha sowerbyi
[]
No picture found
 
Lioconcha tigrina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm SHL
 
Lioconcha trimaculata
[]
No picture found
 
Liocyma beckii
[]

Miller, Todd

Atlantic and Pacific Ocea

Liocyma fluctuosa(Gould, 1841)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Liocyma fluctuosa
[Wavy liocyma]
No picture found
 
Lirophora clenchi
[Thick-ringed venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Lirophora latilirata
[Imperial venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Lirophora paphia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Lirophora riomaturensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm DL
Macrocallista nimbosa(Lightfoot, 1786)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Macrocallista nimbosa
[Sunray venus]
No picture found
 
Marcia cordata
[Ovate clam]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Marcia hiantina(Lamarck, 1818)

Photo by FAO
 
Marcia hiantina
[Hiant venus]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHL
Marcia opima(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Marcia opima
[Fertile venus]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.8 cm SHL
 
Megapitaria aurantiaca
[]

FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 7.7 cm DL
Megapitaria maculata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Megapitaria maculata
[Calico clam]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.1 cm SHL
 
Megapitaria squalida
[]

FAO

Western Central Atlantic.

Mercenaria campechiensis(Dall, 1902)

Photo by FAO
 
Mercenaria campechiensis
[Southern hardshell clam]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Westerm Atlantic
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Mercenaria mercenaria(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Mercenaria mercenaria
[Northern quahog]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm SHL
 
Meretrix casta
[Backwater hard clam]
No picture found
 
Meretrix lamarckii
[Hard clam]

FAO

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm ShL
Meretrix lusoria(Röding, 1798)

Photo by FAO
 
Meretrix lusoria
[Poker chip venus]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Meretrix lyrata(Sowerby, 1851)

Photo by FAO
 
Meretrix lyrata
[Lyrate hard clam]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 10.3 cm SHL
Meretrix meretrix(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Meretrix meretrix
[Asiatic hard clam]
No picture found
 
Meretrix petechialis
[Spotted hard clam]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic and th

Mysia undata(Pennant, 1777)

Photo by FAO
 
Mysia undata
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