The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living...

large, edible, saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. This species is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean...

is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. The shell of Lioconcha hieroglyphica reaches a maximum...

saltwater clam. It is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, sometimes collectively known as the venus clams. This species is found...

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...

families with 1,100 genera. The largest recent marine families are the Veneridae, with more than 680 species and the Tellinidae and Lucinidae, each with...

use the systematic name Venus mercenaria; this species is in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Confusingly, the "ocean quahog" is a different species...

venus clams (Veneridae), the cockles (Cardiidae) and several other important groups. Veneridae: Pitar hinge Veneridae: Tivela hinge Veneridae: Dosina hinge...

Rubiaceae Chione (bivalve), a mollusc genus of bivalves in the family Veneridae 6261 Chione (1976 WC) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on November...

the Manila clam, is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. Common names include Manila clam, Japanese littleneck...

somewhat similar shape and sculpture, but are in other families such as the Veneridae (Venus clams) and the ark clams (Arcidae). Cockles in the family Cardiidae...

Polititapes aureus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae. The species is found in Western Europe and Mediterranean. Paphia aurea (Gmelin...

Venus is a genus of small to large saltwater clams in the family Veneridae, which is sometimes known as the Venus clams and their relatives. These are...

byssus; however, this group is more closely related to the venus clams (Veneridae). Genera within the family Dreissenidae include: Congeria, a unique genus...

Lajonkairia lajonkairii is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The shell of Lajonkairia lajonkairii is elongated, oval...

the ribbed carpet shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. This species of mollusc was exploited by early humans in North America;...

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Turia, a genus of molluscs in the family Veneridae Turia, a synonym of the plant genus Luffa Turia Märzen [1], a Märzen beer...

is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes, 1853. The shell of Dosinia species is...

is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Carl Linnaeus originally described Venus gallina from...

reproductive structure in plants and fungi Gemma, a monotypic genus of the Veneridae family of saltwater clams Gemma gemma, the type species Gemma, a bud-like...

seventh and last king of Rome. Linnaeus named a genus of the Venus clams (Veneridae) after Circe in 1778 (species Circe scripta (Linnaeus, 1758) and others)...

genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. They appeared in the fossil record in the Cenomanian...

or Korean hard clam, is a species of saltwater bivalve in the family Veneridae. It is the second species of venerid clam where doubly uniparental inheritance...

Mercenaria is a genus of edible marine bivalves in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus includes the quahogs, consisting of Mercenaria mercenaria...

the pullet carpet shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It is found buried in the sediment on the sea bed in shallow parts of...

molluscs related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams. Some authors include these genera within the Veneridae as the subfamily Petricolinae. Genera...

medium-sized edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. The species was eaten by the indigenous peoples of California...

Chione is a genus of tropical marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae, which arose in the early Miocene in the tropical Western Atlantic region...

squalida, the chocolate clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It was first described to science by George Brettingham Sowerby, a British...

is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. The shell of Lioconcha castrensis reaches a maximum...