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    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...
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    Lioconcha hieroglyphica (category Veneridae)
    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...
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    Lioconcha castrensis (category Veneridae)
    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...
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    Ruditapes philippinarum (category Veneridae)
    the Manila clam, is an edible species of saltwater clam in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. Common names include Manila clam, Japanese littleneck...
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    Hard clam (category Veneridae)
    use the systematic name Venus mercenaria; this species is in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Confusingly, the "ocean quahog" is a different species...
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  • Rubiaceae Chione (bivalve), a mollusc genus of bivalves in the family Veneridae 6261 Chione (1976 WC) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on November...
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    venus clams (Veneridae), the cockles (Cardiidae) and several other important groups. Veneridae: Pitar hinge Veneridae: Tivela hinge Veneridae: Dosina hinge...
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    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...
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    of large edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. It is found in the northwest Pacific Ocean near China...
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    Tivela stultorum (category Veneridae)
    large, edible, saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. This species is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean...
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    Venus (bivalve) (category Veneridae)
    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...
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    Chamelea striatula (category Veneridae)
    striatula, the striped venus clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae which inhabits the northern shores of Europe. The valves of Chamelea striatula...
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    Veneridae with siphons out...
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    Meretrix (bivalve) (category Veneridae)
    genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. They appeared in the fossil record in the Cenomanian...
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    Meretrix lamarckii (category Veneridae stubs)
    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...
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    Hysteroconcha lupanaria (category Veneridae stubs)
    Hysteroconcha lupanaria is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The shell of this species is unusual in that it has...
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    Ruditapes (category Veneridae)
    Ruditapes is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae. Ruditapes aureus Ruditapes bruguieri Ruditapes decussata Ruditapes decussatus...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    molluscs related to the large family Veneridae or Venus clams. Some authors include these genera within the Veneridae as the subfamily Petricolinae. Genera...
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    Macrocallista nimbosa (category Veneridae)
    the sunray venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. Adult size ranges from 65 mm. to 90 mm. Extant specimen Right valve Left...
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  • village in central Israel Irus (bivalve), a genus of clam in the family Veneridae 13387 Irus, a minor planet This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    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)...
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    Venus crebrisulca (category Veneridae)
    crebrisulca is a species of marine clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. The length of the clam attains 47.6 mm. This species...
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  • Austrovenus aucklandica (category Veneridae)
    aucklandica, or the Auckland Islands cockle, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd...
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    Chamelea gallina (category Veneridae)
    is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Carl Linnaeus originally described Venus gallina from...
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    Tapes (bivalve) (category Veneridae)
    genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Tapetinae of the family Veneridae. Tapes albomarginata Preston, 1908 Tapes araneosus (Philippi, 1847) Tapes...
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    Meretrix lusoria (category Veneridae)
    is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. This species is native to Asia, originally described...
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  • 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...
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  • marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. Pitarenus cordatus (Schwengel, 1951) Pitarenus zonatus...
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