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

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418 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Agriopoma texasianum [Texas venus]	No picture found Ameghinomya antiqua [Cancellated clam]	No picture found Amiantis purpurata []
Anomalocardia auberiana [Pointed venus]	Anomalocardia brasiliana [West Indian pointed venus]	No picture found Anomalocardia cuneimeris [Pointed clam]
No picture found Anomalocardia flexuosa []	No picture found Anomalocardia membranula []	No picture found Anomalocardia nesiotica []
Anomalocardia squamosa [Squamose venus]	No picture found Antigona chemnitzii []	No picture found Antigona lacerata []
Antigona lamellaris [Lamellate venus]	No picture found Antigona magnifica []	No picture found Antigona purpurea []
No picture found Antigona restriculata []	No picture found Aphrodora kurodai []	No picture found Aphrodora noguchii []
No picture found Aphrodora yerburyi []	Austrovenus stutchburyi [Stutchbury's venus]	No picture found Bassina hayasakai []
No picture found Bassina hiraseana []	No picture found Bassina multilamellata []	Bassina yatei [Frilled venus shell]
No picture found Bonartemis histria []	No picture found Bonartemis juvenilis []	No picture found Callista accincta []
Callista chione [Brown venus]	No picture found Callista erycina [Reddish venus]	No picture found Callista eucymata [Glory-of-the-seas venus]
No picture found Callista florida []	No picture found Callista impar []	Callista lilacina [Giant sulcate venus shell]
No picture found Callista multiradiata []	No picture found Callista phasianella []	No picture found Callista pilsbryi []
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 []	Callocardia guttata []	Chamelea gallina [Striped venus clam]
Chamelea striatula []	No picture found Chione californiensis [California venus]	Chione cancellata [Cross-barred venus]
No picture found Chione compta [Small banded venus]	No picture found Chione elevata []	No picture found Chione grus [Pygmy venus clam]
Chione intapurpurea []	Chione mariae []	No picture found Chione mazyckii []
No picture found Chione minor []	No picture found Chione pailasana []	Chione paphia []
No picture found Chione pinchoti []	Chione subimbricata []	No picture found Chione subrugosa []
Chione undatella [Frilled venus]	No picture found Choristodon robustus [Atlantic petricolid]	No picture found Circe hongkongensis []
No picture found Circe intermedia []	No picture found Circe personata []	No picture found Circe rugifera []
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 Circomphalus strigillinus [Empress venus]
No picture found Clausinella brongniartii []	Clausinella fasciata [Banded venus]	No picture found Clausinella gayi []
No picture found Clausinella tiara []	No picture found Clementia papyracea []	No picture found Clementia vatheleti []
No picture found Compsomyax subdiaphana [Milky venus]	No picture found Cooperella atlantica [Atlantic cooperclam]	No picture found Cryptonemella producta [Projecting venus]
No picture found Cyclina orientalis []	Cyclina sinensis [Oriental Cylcina]	No picture found Cyclinella tenuis [Thin Cyclinella]
No picture found Cyclosunetta contempta []	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 []	Dosinia anus [Ringed Dosinia]
No picture found Dosinia bilunulatus []	No picture found Dosinia biscocta []	No picture found Dosinia caerula []
No picture found 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 Dosinia discus [Disk Dosinia]	No picture found Dosinia dunkeri [Dunker's Dosinia]	No picture found Dosinia elegans [Elegant Dosinia]
No picture found Dosinia erythraea []	No picture found Dosinia exasperata []	Dosinia exoleta [Mature Dosinia]
No picture found Dosinia greyi []	No picture found Dosinia gruneri []	Dosinia histrio [Histrio Dosinia]
No picture found Dosinia incisa []	No picture found Dosinia iwakawai []	Dosinia japonica []
No picture found Dosinia juvenilis []	No picture found Dosinia lambata []	No picture found Dosinia laminata []
Dosinia lupinus [Smooth Dosinia]	No picture found Dosinia maoriana []	No picture found Dosinia nanus []
No picture found Dosinia ponderosa [Ponderous Dosinia]	No picture found Dosinia prostrata []	No picture found Dosinia scalaris []
No picture found Dosinia sculpta []	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 Gafrarium aequivocum []	No picture found Gafrarium barandae []	Gafrarium dispar [Discrepant venus]
Gafrarium divaricatum [Forked venus]	No picture found Gafrarium liratum []	No picture found Gafrarium melvilli []
Gafrarium pectinatum [Tumid venus]	No picture found Gafrarium yukitai []	No picture found Gemma gemma [Amethyst gemclam]
No picture found Globivenus callimorpha [Lily venus]	No picture found Globivenus effossa []	No picture found Globivenus embrithes []
No picture found Globivenus listeroides []	No picture found Globivenus rigida [Rigid venus]	No picture found Globivenus rugatina [Queen venus]
Globivenus toreuma []	Gomphina aequilatera [Equilateral venus]	No picture found Gomphina maorum []
No picture found Gomphina neastartoides []	No picture found Gomphina undulosa []	No picture found Gomphina veneriformis []
Gouldia cerina [Waxy gouldclam]	No picture found Gouldia insularis []	No picture found Gouldia minima []
No picture found Gouldia picta []	No picture found Gouldia subtrigona []	No picture found Humilaria kennerleyi [Kennerley venus]
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 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 Katelysia eugibba []
No picture found Katelysia ferruginea []	Katelysia japonica [Japan venus]	Katelysia marmorata [Marbled venus]
No picture found Kyrina kyrina []	No picture found Leukoma crassicosta []	No picture found Leukoma jedoensis [Jedo venus]
No picture found Leukoma restorationensis []	Leukoma staminea [Pacific littleneck]	No picture found Leukoma thaca [Taca clam]
No picture found Lioconcha annettae []	No picture found Lioconcha caledonensis []	Lioconcha castrensis [Camp pitar venus]
No picture found 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 []
Lioconcha ornata [Ornate pitar venus]	No picture found Lioconcha philippinarum []	No picture found Lioconcha polita []
Lioconcha pseudofastigiata []	No picture found Lioconcha richerdeforgesi []	No picture found Lioconcha schioettei []
No picture found Lioconcha sowerbyi []	No picture found Lioconcha trimaculata []	Liocyma fluctuosa [Wavy liocyma]
No picture found Lirophora clenchi [Thick-ringed venus]	No picture found Lirophora latilirata [Imperial venus]	No picture found Lirophora paphia []
No picture found Lirophora riomaturensis []	Macrocallista maculata [Calico clam]	Macrocallista nimbosa [Sunray venus]
No picture found Marcia cordata [Ovate clam]	Marcia hiantina [Hiant venus]	Marcia opima [Fertile venus]
No picture found Megapitaria aurantiaca []	No picture found Megapitaria squalida []	Mercenaria campechiensis [Southern hardshell clam]
Mercenaria mercenaria [Northern quahog]	No picture found Meretrix casta [Backwater hard clam]	No picture found Meretrix lamarckii [Hard clam]
Meretrix lusoria [Poker chip venus]	Meretrix lyrata [Lyrate hard clam]	Meretrix meretrix [Asiatic hard clam]
No picture found Meretrix petechialis [Spotted hard clam]	Mysia undata []	Notocallista multistriata [Deep water venus]
No picture found Nutricola lordi [Lord dwarf-venus]	No picture found Nutricola ovalis [Oval dwarf-venus]	No picture found Nutricola tantilla [Purple dwarf-venus]
No picture found Paphia alapapilionis [Butterfly venus]	No picture found Paphia amabilis [Lovely venus]	Paphia aurea [Golden carpet shell]
No picture found Paphia declivis []	No picture found Paphia euglypta []	No picture found Paphia exarata []
No picture found Paphia japonica []	No picture found Paphia litarata []	No picture found Paphia lucens []
No picture found Paphia papilionacea []	No picture found Paphia rhomboides []	No picture found Paphia schnelliana []
Paphia semirugata [Semigrooved venus]	Paphia textile [Textile venus]	No picture found Parastarte triquetra [Brown gemclam]
Paratapes undulatus [Undulate venus]	No picture found Pardosinia amphidesmoides []	No picture found Pardosinia pubescens []
No picture found Pelecyora ceylonica []	No picture found Pelecyora trigona []	No picture found Periglypta chemnitzii [Chemnitz's venus]
Periglypta clathrata [Clathrate venus]	No picture found Periglypta compressa []	No picture found Periglypta corbis []
No picture found Periglypta crispata [Crispate venus]	No picture found Periglypta listeri [Princess venus]	No picture found Periglypta monilifera []
No picture found Periglypta multicostata []	Periglypta puerpera [Youthful venus]	Periglypta reticulata [Reticulated venus]
No picture found Petricola carditoides [Hearty petricola]	No picture found Petricola divergens []	No picture found Petricola donnae []
No picture found Petricola fabagella []	No picture found Petricola inversa []	No picture found Petricola japonica [Japanese petricolid]
No picture found Petricola lajonkairii []	No picture found Petricola lapicida [Boring petricola]	No picture found Petricola lithophaga [Rock-eating petricola]
No picture found Petricola monstrosa []	Petricola pholadiformis [American piddock]	No picture found Petricola substriata []
No picture found Petricolaria pholadiformis [False angel wing]	No picture found Phacosoma abyssicola []	No picture found Phacosoma canaliculata []
No picture found Phacosoma corcula []	No picture found Phacosoma eudeli []	No picture found Phacosoma gibba []
No picture found Phacosoma truncata []	No picture found Phacosoma zilchi []	Pitar affinis []
Pitar albidus []	No picture found Pitar arestus [Pleasing pitar]	No picture found Pitar bermudezi []
No picture found Pitar chordatum []	Pitar circinatus []	Pitar citrinus [Yellow pitar venus]
No picture found Pitar cordatus []	Pitar dione []	Pitar fulminatus [Lightning pitar]
Pitar hebraeum []	No picture found Pitar indecoroides []	No picture found Pitar intricata []
No picture found Pitar levis []	No picture found Pitar limatulum []	No picture found Pitar lineolatum []
No picture found Pitar manillae []	No picture found Pitar marrowae []	No picture found Pitar mediterranea []
No picture found Pitar morrhuanus [False quahog]	No picture found Pitar newcombianus [Newcomb pitar]	No picture found Pitar obliquata []
No picture found Pitar patagonicus []	Pitar pellucidus [Pellucid pitar venus]	No picture found Pitar pilula [Little-pill pitar]
No picture found Pitar potteri []	No picture found Pitar prora []	No picture found Pitar reeveanum []
No picture found Pitar rostratus [Rostrate pitar]	Pitar rudis [Rough pitar venus]	No picture found Pitar simpsoni [Chalky pitar]
No picture found Pitar sophiae []	No picture found Pitar spoori []	No picture found Pitar striata []
No picture found Pitar subpellucidum []	No picture found Pitar sulcata []	No picture found Pitar sulfureum []
No picture found Pitar tumens [Swollen venus]	No picture found Pitar zonatus [Banded pitar]	No picture found Pitarenus cordatus [Corded pitar]
No picture found Placamen berrii []	No picture found Placamen calophylla [Gray venus]	No picture found Placamen foliaceum []
No picture found Placamen gravescens []	No picture found Placamen isabellina []	No picture found Placamen lamellata []
No picture found Placamen retroversum []	Placamen tiara [Tiar venus]	Polititapes aureus [Golden carpet shell]
Polititapes rhomboides [Banded carpet shell]	Protapes gallus [Rooster venus]	No picture found Protothaca crassisosta [Ribbed venus]
Protothaca granulata [Beaded venus]	Protothaca pectorina []	Protothaca tenerrima [Thin-shell littleneck]
No picture found Psephidia foveolata []	No picture found Puberella intapurpurea [Lady-in-waiting venus]	No picture found Puberella pubera [Downy venus]
No picture found Redicirce sulcata []	No picture found Retrotapes exalbidus [Ring clam]	Ruditapes decussatus [Grooved carpet shell]
Ruditapes philippinarum [Japanese carpet shell]	Ruditapes variegatus [Variegated carpet shell]	No picture found Samarangia quadrangularis []
Saxidomus gigantea [Washington butterclam]	No picture found Saxidomus purpurata [Purple butter clam]	No picture found Sunetta contempta []
No picture found Sunetta effossa []	Sunetta menstrualis [Mauve sunetta]	Sunetta truncata [Truncate sunetta]
No picture found Sunettina langfordi []	No picture found Sunettina solanderii []	No picture found Tapes adspersa []
No picture found Tapes araneosa []	Tapes belcheri [Belcher's venus]	Tapes deshayesi []
Tapes dorsatus [Turgid venus]	Tapes literatus [Lettered venus]	No picture found Tapes platyptycha []
No picture found Tapes sericeus [Silky dosinia]	Tapes sulcarius [Furrowed venus]	Tawera elliptica [Gay's little venus]
No picture found Tawera lagopus []	No picture found Tawera laticostata []	No picture found Tawera marionae []
No picture found Tawera mawsoni []	No picture found Tawera phenax []	No picture found Tawera rosa []
No picture found Tawera sphaericula []	Tawera spissa [Morning star shell]	No picture found Timoclea arakana []
No picture found Timoclea costellifera []	No picture found Timoclea grus [Gray pygmy-venus]	No picture found Timoclea habei []
No picture found Timoclea imbricata []	No picture found Timoclea keegani []	No picture found Timoclea lionota []
Timoclea marica []	No picture found Timoclea micra []	No picture found Timoclea mindanensis []
No picture found Timoclea ovata []	No picture found Timoclea pygmaea [Pygmy-venus]	No picture found Timoclea recognita []
No picture found Timoclea roemeriana []	No picture found Timoclea scabra []	No picture found Timoclea scandularis []
No picture found Timoclea subnodulosa []	No picture found Tivela abaconis []	No picture found Tivela byronensis [Byron tivela]
No picture found Tivela damaoides []	No picture found Tivela floridana [Florida tivela]	No picture found Tivela geijskesi []
No picture found Tivela isabelleana []	Tivela mactroides [Trigonal tivela]	No picture found Tivela planulata [Flat tivela]
No picture found Tivela stultorum [Pismo clam]	No picture found Tivela trigonella []	No picture found Tivela tripla [Triple venus]
No picture found Transennella caboblanquensis []	No picture found Transennella conradina [Colorful transennella]	No picture found Transennella cubaniana [Cuba transennella]
No picture found Transennella culebrana []	No picture found Transennella pannosa []	No picture found Transennella stimpsoni [Banded transennella]
No picture found Transennella tantilla [Purple transennella]	No picture found Turtonia minuta [Minute turton]	No picture found Venerupis aspera []
No picture found Venerupis bruguieri []	Venerupis corrugata [Corrugated venus]	Venerupis dura [Durable venus]
No picture found Venerupis largillierti [Oblong venus]	No picture found Venerupis lucens []	No picture found Venerupis rugosa []
No picture found Venerupsis aurea [Smooth butter clam]	No picture found Ventricolaria listeroides []	No picture found Ventricolaria rigida []
No picture found Venus albina []	Venus casina [Thick-ridged venus]	No picture found Venus casinaeformis []
No picture found Venus crebrisulca [African venus]	No picture found Venus foliaceolamellosa [Plicate venus]	No picture found Venus nux [Saltwater clam]
No picture found Venus ovata []	No picture found Venus sinuosa []	No picture found Venus toreuma [Embossed venus]
Venus verrucosa [Warty venus]

418 Species of Family Veneridae
(venus clams)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Agriopoma texasianum	Texas venus	East Pacific.	6.7 DL
Ameghinomya antiqua	Cancellated clam	Southwest Atlantic and So	9.3 SHL
Amiantis purpurata		Southwest Atlantic	8.5 SHL
Anomalocardia auberiana	Pointed venus	Western Central Atlantic
Anomalocardia brasiliana	West Indian pointed venus	Western Atlantic	3.657 SHL
Anomalocardia cuneimeris	Pointed clam	Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL
Anomalocardia flexuosa		Northwest Pacific
Anomalocardia membranula		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Anomalocardia nesiotica		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Anomalocardia squamosa	Squamose venus	Indo-West Pacific	4.5 SHL
Antigona chemnitzii		Indo-West Pacific.
Antigona lacerata		Western Pacific
Antigona lamellaris	Lamellate venus	Indo-West Pacific and the
Antigona magnifica		Western Central Pacific
Antigona purpurea		Western Central Pacific
Antigona restriculata		Indo-Pacific
Aphrodora kurodai		Western Central Pacific
Aphrodora noguchii		Western Central Pacific
Aphrodora yerburyi		Western Indian Ocean
Austrovenus stutchburyi	Stutchbury's venus	Southwest Pacific and Ant	4.9 SHL
Bassina hayasakai		Western Pacific
Bassina hiraseana		Northwest Pacific
Bassina multilamellata		Western Pacific
Bassina yatei	Frilled venus shell	Southwest Pacific
Bonartemis histria		Indo-West Pacific.
Bonartemis juvenilis		Western Pacific.
Callista accincta		Western Central Pacific
Callista chione	Brown venus	Eastern Atlantic and the	11 SHL
Callista erycina	Reddish venus	Indo-West Pacific.
Callista eucymata	Glory-of-the-seas venus	Western Central Atlantic	2.7 TL
Callista florida		Western Indian Ocean
Callista impar		Indo-West Pacific
Callista lilacina	Giant sulcate venus shell	Indo-West Pacific
Callista multiradiata		Western Indian Ocean
Callista phasianella		Northwest Pacific
Callista pilsbryi		Northwest Pacific
Callista planatella		Eastern Indian Ocean
Callista politissima		Northwest Pacific
Callista roseotincta		Western Central Pacific
Callista semisulcata		Western Central Pacific
Callista sinensis		Western Pacific
Callista umbonella		Western Indian Ocean.
Callithaca tenerrima		Northeast Pacific
Callocardia guttata		Western Pacific
Chamelea gallina	Striped venus clam	Eastern Atlantic and the	5 SHL
Chamelea striatula		Northeast Atlantic and th
Chione californiensis	California venus	Eastern Pacific
Chione cancellata	Cross-barred venus	Western Atlantic	2.5 DL
Chione compta	Small banded venus	Eastern Pacific. Tempera
Chione elevata		Western Central Atlantic	2.33 NG
Chione grus	Pygmy venus clam	Western Central Atlantic
Chione intapurpurea		Western Central Atlantic
Chione mariae		Southeast Pacific
Chione mazyckii		Western Central Atlantic	1.42 DL
Chione minor		Western Central Atlantic
Chione pailasana		Western Atlantic.
Chione paphia		Western Central Atlantic
Chione pinchoti		Western Atlantic.	2.45 DL
Chione subimbricata		Southeast Pacific
Chione subrugosa		Southeast Pacific
Chione undatella	Frilled venus	Eastern Pacific.
Choristodon robustus	Atlantic petricolid	Southeast Atlantic and We	4.3 DL
Circe hongkongensis		Western Pacific
Circe intermedia		Indo-West Pacific.
Circe personata		Western Pacific
Circe rugifera		Western Indian Ocean.
Circe scripta	Script venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Circe tumefacta		Indo-West Pacific.
Circenita callipyga	Venus clam	Western Indian Ocean and
Circomphalus casina		Northeast Atlantic and th
Circomphalus disjectus	Tasmania venus clam	Endemic to southern Austr
Circomphalus strigillinus	Empress venus	North America.	4.5 DL
Clausinella brongniartii		Mediterranean Sea
Clausinella fasciata	Banded venus	Northeast Atlantic and th	2.8 SHL
Clausinella gayi		Southwest Atlantic and So	3.5 DL
Clausinella tiara		Northwest Pacific
Clementia papyracea		Indo-West Pacific and the
Clementia vatheleti		Northwest Pacific.
Compsomyax subdiaphana	Milky venus	Northeast Pacific	8.5 SHL
Cooperella atlantica	Atlantic cooperclam	North America.	1.6 DL
Cryptonemella producta	Projecting venus	Northwest Pacific
Cyclina orientalis		Northwest Pacific
Cyclina sinensis	Oriental Cylcina	Indo-West Pacific.	5 SHL
Cyclinella tenuis	Thin Cyclinella	Western Central Atlantic
Cyclosunetta contempta		Indo-West Pacific
Dorisca jucunda		Pacific Ocean
Dorisca nana		Western Pacific.
Dosina crebra	Coarse dosina	Southwest Pacific
Dosina mactracea		Southwest Pacific
Dosina zelandica		Southwest Pacific
Dosinella corrugata		Northwest Pacific
Dosinella orbiculata		Western Pacific.
Dosinella subalata		Western Pacific
Dosinia alta		Western Indian Ocean.
Dosinia amphidesmoides		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia anus	Ringed Dosinia	Southwest Pacific
Dosinia bilunulatus		Northwest Pacific.
Dosinia biscocta		Northwest Pacific
Dosinia caerula		Western Pacific
Dosinia concentrica	West Indian Dosinia	Western Atlantic.	6.5 DL
Dosinia contracta		Western Indian Ocean
Dosinia cumingii		Western Pacific
Dosinia derupta		Northwest Pacific
Dosinia deshayesii		Eastern Indian Ocean
Dosinia discoctus		Northwest Pacific.
Dosinia discus	Disk Dosinia	Western Central Atlantic	7.4 DL
Dosinia dunkeri	Dunker's Dosinia	Eastern Pacific. Subtrop
Dosinia elegans	Elegant Dosinia	North America.	9.2 DL
Dosinia erythraea		Western Indian Ocean and
Dosinia exasperata		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia exoleta	Mature Dosinia	Eastern Atlantic and the	4.615 SHL
Dosinia greyi		Southwest Pacific
Dosinia gruneri		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia histrio	Histrio Dosinia	Indo-Pacific.	3.07 TL
Dosinia incisa		Indo-West Pacific
Dosinia iwakawai		Western Central Pacific	3 TL
Dosinia japonica		Northwest Pacific
Dosinia juvenilis		Western Central Pacific
Dosinia lambata		Southwest Pacific
Dosinia laminata		Western Pacific
Dosinia lupinus	Smooth Dosinia	Northeast Atlantic and th	3.12 SHL
Dosinia maoriana		Southwest Pacific
Dosinia nanus		Western Pacific
Dosinia ponderosa	Ponderous Dosinia	Eastern Pacific and Weste	12.5 SHL
Dosinia prostrata		Western Central Pacific
Dosinia scalaris		Eastern Indian Ocean
Dosinia sculpta		Eastern Indian Ocean
Dosinia subrosea	Fine Dosinia	Southwest Pacific
Dosinia troscheli		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia tumida		Indo-West Pacific
Eurhomalea rufa	Peruvian yellow clam	Southeast Pacific
Eurhomalea salinensis		Southeast Pacific
Gafrarium aequivocum		Western Central Pacific	3.5 TL
Gafrarium barandae		Western Pacific
Gafrarium dispar	Discrepant venus	Indo-Pacific	3 SHL
Gafrarium divaricatum	Forked venus	Indo-West Pacific	4.5 SHL
Gafrarium liratum		Western Pacific.
Gafrarium melvilli		Western Central Pacific
Gafrarium pectinatum	Tumid venus	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	4.8 SHL
Gafrarium yukitai		Northwest Pacific
Gemma gemma	Amethyst gemclam	Western Atlantic.	0.38 DL
Globivenus callimorpha	Lily venus	North America.	1.55 DL
Globivenus effossa		Mediterranean Sea
Globivenus embrithes		Indo-West Pacific
Globivenus listeroides		Western Atlantic.
Globivenus rigida	Rigid venus	North America.	6.2 DL
Globivenus rugatina	Queen venus	North America.
Globivenus toreuma		Pacific Ocean.
Gomphina aequilatera	Equilateral venus	Western Pacific	9 SHL
Gomphina maorum		Southwest Pacific
Gomphina neastartoides		Northwest Pacific
Gomphina undulosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Gomphina veneriformis		Northwest Pacific
Gouldia cerina	Waxy gouldclam	Western Central Atlantic	1.3 DL
Gouldia insularis		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Gouldia minima		Mediterranean Sea
Gouldia picta		Northwest Pacific.
Gouldia subtrigona		Western Pacific
Humilaria kennerleyi	Kennerley venus	Northeast Pacific	10 SHL
Hyphantosoma festoui		Eastern Central Pacific
Hyphantosoma healyi		Western Central Pacific
Hyphantosoma nancyae		Western Central Pacific
Hyphantosoma tenue		Southeast Pacific
Irus crenatus		Eastern Central Pacific
Irus elegans	Elegant venus	Southwest Pacific
Irus irus	Irus clam	Indo-West Pacific and Med
Irus macrophyllus	Long leaf irus	Indo-Pacific.	0.95 TL
Irus mitis		Western Pacific
Irus reflexus	Twisted venus	Southwest Pacific
Irusella fernandiziana		Southeast Pacific
Katelysia eugibba		Western Pacific
Katelysia ferruginea		Western Central Pacific	4 TL
Katelysia japonica	Japan venus	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Katelysia marmorata	Marbled venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Kyrina kyrina		Western Indian Ocean
Leukoma crassicosta		Southwest Pacific
Leukoma jedoensis	Jedo venus	Northwest Pacific.
Leukoma restorationensis		Northeast Pacific
Leukoma staminea	Pacific littleneck	Pacific Ocean	7.5 SHL
Leukoma thaca	Taca clam	Southeast Pacific	8 SHL
Lioconcha annettae		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha caledonensis		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha castrensis	Camp pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	6 TL
Lioconcha fastigiata	Dark pitar venus	Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 TL
Lioconcha gordoni		Eastern Central Pacific
Lioconcha hieroglyphica		Central Pacific
Lioconcha lorenziana		Western Pacific
Lioconcha macaulayi		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha melharteae		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha ornata	Ornate pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	5 SHL
Lioconcha philippinarum		Indo-Pacific.
Lioconcha polita		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha pseudofastigiata		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha richerdeforgesi		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha schioettei		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha sowerbyi		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha trimaculata		Western Pacific.	2.5 SHL
Liocyma fluctuosa	Wavy liocyma	Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Lirophora clenchi	Thick-ringed venus	East Pacific.
Lirophora latilirata	Imperial venus	North America.	1.6 DL
Lirophora paphia		Western Central Atlantic	3.5 DL
Lirophora riomaturensis		Western Atlantic.	3 DL
Macrocallista maculata	Calico clam	Western Atlantic	7.7 DL
Macrocallista nimbosa	Sunray venus	Western Central Atlantic	15 DL
Marcia cordata	Ovate clam	Western Indian Ocean.
Marcia hiantina	Hiant venus	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Marcia opima	Fertile venus	Indo-Pacific	6.5 SHL
Megapitaria aurantiaca		Eastern Central Pacific	11.8 SHL
Megapitaria squalida		Eastern Pacific	10.1 SHL
Mercenaria campechiensis	Southern hardshell clam	Western Central Atlantic.
Mercenaria mercenaria	Northern quahog	Atlantic and the Mediterr	13 TL
Meretrix casta	Backwater hard clam	Indo-West Pacific.	5.21 SHL
Meretrix lamarckii	Hard clam	Western Pacific.
Meretrix lusoria	Poker chip venus	Northwest Pacific	5 ShL
Meretrix lyrata	Lyrate hard clam	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Meretrix meretrix	Asiatic hard clam	Indo-West Pacific	10.25 SHL
Meretrix petechialis	Spotted hard clam	Northwest Pacific
Mysia undata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Notocallista multistriata	Deep water venus	Southwest Pacific
Nutricola lordi	Lord dwarf-venus	Pacific Ocean	1 SHL
Nutricola ovalis	Oval dwarf-venus	East Pacific.
Nutricola tantilla	Purple dwarf-venus	Northeast Pacific.	0.6 SHL
Paphia alapapilionis	Butterfly venus	Indo-Pacific.
Paphia amabilis	Lovely venus	Western Pacific
Paphia aurea	Golden carpet shell	Mediterranean Sea.
Paphia declivis		Western Central Pacific
Paphia euglypta		Western Pacific.
Paphia exarata		Indo-West Pacific.
Paphia japonica		Indo-Pacific.
Paphia litarata		Western Central Pacific
Paphia lucens		Mediterranean Sea
Paphia papilionacea		Northwest Pacific
Paphia rhomboides		Mediterranean Sea
Paphia schnelliana		Western Central Pacific
Paphia semirugata	Semigrooved venus	Indo-West Pacific.	7.5 SHL
Paphia textile	Textile venus	Indo-West Pacific and the	8 SHL
Parastarte triquetra	Brown gemclam	North America.	0.4 DL
Paratapes undulatus	Undulate venus	Indo-West Pacific	6.5 SHL
Pardosinia amphidesmoides		Western Pacific.
Pardosinia pubescens		Indo-Pacific.
Pelecyora ceylonica		Western Indian Ocean
Pelecyora trigona		Northwest Pacific
Periglypta chemnitzii	Chemnitz's venus	Western Central Pacific	3 TL
Periglypta clathrata	Clathrate venus	Indo-West Pacific	10 SHL
Periglypta compressa		Western Pacific
Periglypta corbis		Western Central Pacific
Periglypta crispata	Crispate venus	Indo-Pacific.	5.21 TL
Periglypta listeri	Princess venus	North America.	10 NG
Periglypta monilifera		Western Central Pacific
Periglypta multicostata		Southeast Pacific
Periglypta puerpera	Youthful venus	Indo-Pacific	12.5 SHL
Periglypta reticulata	Reticulated venus	Indo-Pacific	9 SHL
Petricola carditoides	Hearty petricola	North Pacific.	5.5 SHL
Petricola divergens		Indo-Pacific.
Petricola donnae		Western Atlantic.
Petricola fabagella		Western Pacific
Petricola inversa		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL
Petricola japonica	Japanese petricolid	Northwest Pacific.
Petricola lajonkairii		Mediterranean Sea
Petricola lapicida	Boring petricola	Indo-Pacific and Western	3 DL
Petricola lithophaga	Rock-eating petricola	Mediterranean Sea
Petricola monstrosa		Western Pacific
Petricola pholadiformis	American piddock	Atlantic and Mediterranea	6 TL
Petricola substriata		Mediterranean Sea
Petricolaria pholadiformis	False angel wing	Western Atlantic	6.5 SHL
Phacosoma abyssicola		Northwest Pacific
Phacosoma canaliculata		Northwest Pacific
Phacosoma corcula		Northwest Pacific
Phacosoma eudeli		Western Pacific
Phacosoma gibba		Northwest Pacific
Phacosoma truncata		Western Pacific
Phacosoma zilchi		Northwest Pacific
Pitar affinis		Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 TL
Pitar albidus		Northeast Atlantic and We	1.1 TL
Pitar arestus	Pleasing pitar	Western Central Atlantic	5.1 TL
Pitar bermudezi		Venezuela.	4.47 TL
Pitar chordatum		Northwest Pacific
Pitar circinatus		Western Atlantic	4.1 TL
Pitar citrinus	Yellow pitar venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Pitar cordatus		Western Atlantic.	3.3 DL
Pitar dione		Western Atlantic
Pitar fulminatus	Lightning pitar	Atlantic Ocean	4.8 TL
Pitar hebraeum		Indo-West Pacific
Pitar indecoroides		Northwest Pacific
Pitar intricata		Western Central Pacific
Pitar levis		Western Pacific
Pitar limatulum		Western Pacific.
Pitar lineolatum		Northwest Pacific
Pitar manillae		Western Pacific
Pitar marrowae		Western Central Pacific
Pitar mediterranea		Mediterranean Sea.
Pitar morrhuanus	False quahog	Western Atlantic	3.5 DL
Pitar newcombianus	Newcomb pitar	East Pacific and Northeas
Pitar obliquata		Indo-West Pacific.	4.37 TL
Pitar patagonicus		Southwest Atlantic	5.5 TL
Pitar pellucidus	Pellucid pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	4.5 SHL
Pitar pilula	Little-pill pitar	Atlantic Ocean	0.6 TL
Pitar potteri		Western Central Pacific
Pitar prora		Indo-Pacific.
Pitar reeveanum		Northwest Pacific
Pitar rostratus	Rostrate pitar	Southeast Pacific and Sou	5.6 DL
Pitar rudis	Rough pitar venus	Mediterranean Sea.
Pitar simpsoni	Chalky pitar	Atlantic Ocean	1.65 TL
Pitar sophiae		Western Central Pacific
Pitar spoori		Western Central Pacific
Pitar striata		Northwest and Western Cen
Pitar subpellucidum		Western Pacific
Pitar sulcata		Western Pacific
Pitar sulfureum		Northwest Pacific
Pitar tumens	Swollen venus	Eastern Central Atlantic
Pitar zonatus	Banded pitar	Atlantic Ocean	2.3 TL
Pitarenus cordatus	Corded pitar	Atlantic Ocean	3.3 TL
Placamen berrii		Eastern Indian Ocean
Placamen calophylla	Gray venus	Indo-West Pacific.	3 TL
Placamen foliaceum		Western Indian Ocean
Placamen gravescens		Eastern Indian Ocean
Placamen isabellina		Western Pacific.
Placamen lamellata		Indo-Pacific.
Placamen retroversum		Eastern Central Pacific
Placamen tiara	Tiar venus	Indo-West Pacific	3.5 SHL
Polititapes aureus	Golden carpet shell	Northeast Atlantic and th
Polititapes rhomboides	Banded carpet shell	Northeast Atlantic and th	6 SHL
Protapes gallus	Rooster venus	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 SHL
Protothaca crassisosta	Ribbed venus	Southwest Pacific
Protothaca granulata	Beaded venus	North America.	2.4 DL
Protothaca pectorina		Western Atlantic
Protothaca tenerrima	Thin-shell littleneck	East Pacific.
Psephidia foveolata		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Puberella intapurpurea	Lady-in-waiting venus	Western Central Atlantic	4.25 DL
Puberella pubera	Downy venus	North America.
Redicirce sulcata		Indo-West Pacific.
Retrotapes exalbidus	Ring clam	Southwest Atlantic and So	7 DL
Ruditapes decussatus	Grooved carpet shell	Eastern Atlantic and Medi	8 SHL
Ruditapes philippinarum	Japanese carpet shell	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	8 SHL
Ruditapes variegatus	Variegated carpet shell	Indo-Pacific	6 SHL
Samarangia quadrangularis		Western Pacific.
Saxidomus gigantea	Washington butterclam	Eastern Pacific	13 SHL
Saxidomus purpurata	Purple butter clam	Northwest Pacific
Sunetta contempta		Indo-West Pacific
Sunetta effossa		Western Indian Ocean
Sunetta menstrualis	Mauve sunetta	Western Pacific	7.5 SHL
Sunetta truncata	Truncate sunetta	Indo-West Pacific	4 SHL
Sunettina langfordi		Western Pacific
Sunettina solanderii		Western Pacific
Tapes adspersa		Western Pacific.
Tapes araneosa		Western Pacific
Tapes belcheri	Belcher's venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Tapes deshayesi		Indo-Pacific.	3.15 TL
Tapes dorsatus	Turgid venus	Indo-West Pacific	9 SHL
Tapes literatus	Lettered venus	Indo-West Pacific	10.8 SHL
Tapes platyptycha		Indo-Pacific.
Tapes sericeus	Silky dosinia	Western Pacific
Tapes sulcarius	Furrowed venus	Indo-West Pacific.	8.5 TL
Tawera elliptica	Gay's little venus	Southeast Pacific and Sou	2.803 SHH
Tawera lagopus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Tawera laticostata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Tawera marionae		Southwest Pacific
Tawera mawsoni		Southwest Pacific
Tawera phenax		Southwest Pacific
Tawera rosa		Southwest Pacific
Tawera sphaericula		Southwest Pacific
Tawera spissa	Morning star shell	Southwest Pacific
Timoclea arakana		Western Indian Ocean
Timoclea costellifera		Indo-West Pacific	2 TL
Timoclea grus	Gray pygmy-venus	North America.	1.09 DL
Timoclea habei		Western Pacific.
Timoclea imbricata		Pacific Ocean.
Timoclea keegani		Southeast Pacific
Timoclea lionota		Northwest Pacific
Timoclea marica		Indo-Pacific.	2.85 TL
Timoclea micra		Northwest Pacific
Timoclea mindanensis		Western Pacific.
Timoclea ovata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Timoclea pygmaea	Pygmy-venus	North America.
Timoclea recognita		Western Pacific.
Timoclea roemeriana		Mediterranean Sea.
Timoclea scabra		Western Pacific.
Timoclea scandularis		Western Central Pacific
Timoclea subnodulosa		Pacific Ocean.
Tivela abaconis		Western Atlantic	1.1 DL
Tivela byronensis	Byron tivela	Eastern Pacific and Weste
Tivela damaoides		Western Indian Ocean
Tivela floridana	Florida tivela	North America.	1.15 DL
Tivela geijskesi		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Tivela isabelleana		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL
Tivela mactroides	Trigonal tivela	Western Atlantic	3.4 DL
Tivela planulata	Flat tivela	Eastern Pacific and Weste
Tivela stultorum	Pismo clam	Eastern Pacific	15 SHL
Tivela trigonella		Western Central Atlantic
Tivela tripla	Triple venus	Eastern Atlantic
Transennella caboblanquensis		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Transennella conradina	Colorful transennella	North America.
Transennella cubaniana	Cuba transennella	North America.	1.1 DL
Transennella culebrana		Western Central Atlantic	0.7 DL
Transennella pannosa		Southeast Pacific
Transennella stimpsoni	Banded transennella	Western Central Atlantic	1.5 DL
Transennella tantilla	Purple transennella	Northeast Pacific
Turtonia minuta	Minute turton	Northern Pacific, Norther	0.3 DL
Venerupis aspera		Northwest Pacific
Venerupis bruguieri		Western Indian Ocean
Venerupis corrugata	Corrugated venus	Eastern Atlantic and the	7.7 SHL
Venerupis dura	Durable venus	Eastern Atlantic and the
Venerupis largillierti	Oblong venus	Southwest Pacific
Venerupis lucens		Mediterranean Sea.
Venerupis rugosa		Western Indian Ocean
Venerupsis aurea	Smooth butter clam	Northeast Atlantic, Afric
Ventricolaria listeroides		Western Atlantic
Ventricolaria rigida		Western Atlantic
Venus albina		Western Pacific
Venus casina	Thick-ridged venus	Eastern Atlantic and the	5 SHL
Venus casinaeformis		Northwest Pacific
Venus crebrisulca	African venus	Eastern Central Atlantic
Venus foliaceolamellosa	Plicate venus	Eastern Central Atlantic
Venus nux	Saltwater clam	Eastern Atlantic and the
Venus ovata		Mediterranean Sea
Venus sinuosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Venus toreuma	Embossed venus	Indo-Pacific.
Venus verrucosa	Warty venus	Eastern Atlantic, Mediter	7 SHL

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