Spisula | |
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One valve of Spisula adamsi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
Family: | Mactridae |
Genus: | Spisula Gray, 1837 |
Type species | |
Cardium solidumLinnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms | |
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Spisula is a genus of medium-sized to large marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells. [1]
Species in the genus Spisula include:
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Crepidula, commonly known as the slipper snails, slipper limpets, or slipper shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae. This family includes the slipper snails (Crepidula), hat snails (Calyptraea), spiny slipper snails (Bostrycapulus), and cup-and-saucer snails (Crucibulum) as well as Crepipatella, Siphopatella, Grandicrepidula, and Maoricrypta.
Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Meretricinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Corbula is a genus of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Corbulidae, the basket clams.
Pitar is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus contains over 60 species.
Plicatula is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, known commonly as kitten's paws or kittenpaws in the family Plicatulidae.
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Serratina is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the subfamily Tellininae of the family Tellinidae.
Sanguinolaria is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the family Psammobiidae.
Thracia is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the family Thraciidae.
Lucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.
Solecurtus is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve molluscs in the family Solecurtidae.
Semele is a genus of molluscs of the family Semelidae described in 1817 by Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher.
Periglypta is a genus of bivalves in the family Periplomatidae.
Tellinella is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the subfamily Tellininae of the family Tellinidae.