Tagelus | |
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Tagelus californianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Heterodonta |
Order: | Cardiida |
Family: | Solecurtidae |
Genus: | Tagelus Gray, 1847 |
Tagelus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Solecurtidae. [1]
Ensis is a genus of medium-sized edible saltwater clams, littoral bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae. Ensis, or razor clams, are known in much of Scotland as spoots, for the spouts of water they eject while burrowing into the sand, when visible at low tide. This term may also colloquially include members of the genus Solen. Ensis magnus are known as bendies due to their slightly curved shell.
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm, marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.
Lucinidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.
Thraciidae is a taxonomic family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalves in the order Anomalodesmata.
Macoma is a large genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Tellinidae, the tellins.
Isognomon is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks which is related to the pearl oysters.
Modiolus, the horsemussels, are a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae.
Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
The Solecurtidae are a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Cardiida.
Pitar is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus contains over 60 species.
Tresus 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 of gaper clam. They are similar to geoducks.
Tagelus californianus, common name California tagelus, is a species of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks belonging to the family Solecurtidae.
Tagelus subteres, common name lesser tagelus, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Solecurtidae.
Lioconcha hieroglyphica is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
Isognomon californicum, the black purse shell or nahawele, is a species of Hawaiian bivalve in the family Isognomonidae. It was first formally named in 1837 by Timothy Abbott Conrad as Perla californica.
Chionopsis, is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
Semele is a genus of molluscs of the family Semelidae described in 1817 by Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher.
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