Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida. These clams have...
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pointed nut clams, family Nuculidae Duck clams or trough shells, family Mactridae Marsh clams, family Corbiculidae File clams, family Limidae Giant clam:...
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Spisula sachalinensis (category Mactridae)
Sakhalin surf clam, is a species of edible saltwater clam in the family Mactridae, the surf clams or trough clams. It is commonly referred to as surf clam...
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Tresus (category Mactridae)
is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mactridae. Many of them are known under the common name the horse clam or as species...
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Atlantic surf clam (category Mactridae)
large, edible, saltwater clam or marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mactridae. It is one of the most commonly found species of bivalves in the western...
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Smooth clam Tuatua Venerupis philippinarum Many species in the family Mactridae, including: Atlantic surf clam Mactra stultorum Meretrix (genus) Meretrix...
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Mactra stultorum (category Mactridae)
species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae, the trough shells. This species lives in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean...
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Tresus capax (category Mactridae)
clam, marine bivalve mollusk, common name the fat gaper, in the family Mactridae. It also shares the common name horse clam with Tresus nuttallii a species...
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The marine molluscs of Sri Lanka are a part of the molluscan wildlife of Sri Lanka. Phylum: Mollusca According to 2006 survey by De Silva, there are 240...
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Mactra chinensis (category Mactridae)
is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae, the trough shells. Mactra chinensis is found living in sandy substrates...
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Spisula (category Mactridae)
marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells. Species in the genus Spisula...
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Lutraria lutraria (category Mactridae)
Lutraria lutraria is a species of large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. Its common names include the otter shell and the common otter shell....
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Rangia (bivalve) (category Mactridae)
of bivalve molluscs or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae. There are three species: Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) – Atlantic...
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Mulinia cleryana (category Mactridae)
of medium-sized saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean...
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based on habitat) in the North Island, being replaced by members of the Mactridae in more southerly latitudes. Cook, Steve De C., “New Zealand Coastal Marine...
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Tresus nuttallii (category Mactridae)
is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mactridae. It also shares the common name horse clam with Tresus capax, a species...
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Spisula solida (category Mactridae)
Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Venerida Superfamily: Mactroidea Family: Mactridae Genus: Spisula Species: S. solida Binomial name Spisula solida (Linnaeus...
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family Crassulaceae Crassula (bivalve), a bivalve genus in the family Mactridae This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct genera with the...
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Mulinia modesta (category Mactridae)
Mulinia modesta is a species of clam belonging to the family Mactridae. The longitude of a medium sized specimen is 49 mm, the altitude 36.5 mm and the...
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Mactra (category Mactridae)
trough shells or duck clams. Mactra is the type genus within the family Mactridae. The word "trough" in the common name refers to the fact that all Mactra...
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Oxyperas elongatum (category Mactridae)
Oxyperas elongatum is a species of large bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832–1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe:...
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Anatina (category Mactridae)
is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mactridae. Species within the genus Anatina include: Anatina anatina (Spengler,...
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Mulinia lateralis (category Mactridae)
is a species of small saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Mulinia...
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Superfamily: Mactroidea Family: Anatinellidae Family: Cardiliidae Family: Mactridae Family: Mesodesmatidae Superfamily: †Palaeanodontoidea Family: †Palaeanodontidae...
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Crassula aequilatera (category Mactridae)
a surf clam, a moderately large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. MolluscaBase eds. (2022)...
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Mactra glauca (category Mactridae)
is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae, the trough shells. Mactra glauca has a broadly triangular, thin, glossy...
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Superfamily: Mactroidea Family: Anatinellidae Family: Cardiliidae Family: Mactridae Family: Mesodesmatidae Superfamily: Galeommatoidea Family: Galeommatidae...
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Mactra glabrata (category Mactridae)
Mactra glabrata is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Mactridae. The species inhabits southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Bieler R, Bouchet...
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Scissodesma (category Mactridae)
genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae. The species of this genus are found in Africa. Species: Scissodesma acutissima...
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Zenatia (category Mactridae)
a genus of medium-sized clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mactridae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand. Species in the genus Zenatia include:...
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