Senilia

Senilia
Live Senilia senilis for sale in Fadiouth, Senegal
Single valves of Senilia senilis (plus two gastropods) washed up on the beach at Fadiouth, Senegal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Senilia
Gray, 1842
Species:
S. senilis
Binomial name
Senilia senilis
Synonyms

Anadara senilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Senilia is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae, the ark shells. It contains a single species, Senilia senilis.

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

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