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Family: Veneridae venus clams (See list of species below)

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178 species in Pacific, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Anomalocardia flexuosa []	Anomalocardia squamosa [Squamose venus]	No picture found Antigona chemnitzii []
No picture found Antigona lacerata []	Antigona lamellaris [Lamellate venus]	No picture found Antigona magnifica []
No picture found Antigona purpurea []	No picture found Antigona restriculata []	No picture found Aphrodora kurodai []
No picture found Aphrodora noguchii []	No picture found Bassina hayasakai []	No picture found Bassina multilamellata []
No picture found Bonartemis histria []	No picture found Bonartemis juvenilis []	No picture found Callista accincta []
No picture found Callista erycina [Reddish venus]	No picture found Callista impar []	Callista lilacina [Giant sulcate venus shell]
No picture found Callista roseotincta []	No picture found Callista semisulcata []	No picture found Callista sinensis []
Callocardia guttata []	No picture found Circe hongkongensis []	No picture found Circe intermedia []
No picture found Circe personata []	Circe scripta [Script venus]	No picture found Circe tumefacta []
No picture found Clementia papyracea []	Cyclina sinensis [Oriental Cylcina]	No picture found Dorisca jucunda []
No picture found Dorisca nana []	No picture found Dosinella corrugata []	No picture found Dosinella orbiculata []
No picture found Dosinella subalata []	No picture found Dosinia amphidesmoides []	No picture found Dosinia caerula []
No picture found Dosinia cumingii []	No picture found Dosinia discus [Disk Dosinia]	No picture found Dosinia exasperata []
No picture found Dosinia gruneri []	Dosinia histrio [Histrio Dosinia]	No picture found Dosinia incisa []
No picture found Dosinia iwakawai []	Dosinia japonica []	No picture found Dosinia juvenilis []
No picture found Dosinia laminata []	No picture found Dosinia nanus []	No picture found Dosinia prostrata []
No picture found Dosinia troscheli []	No picture found Dosinia tumida []	No picture found Gafrarium aequivocum []
No picture found Gafrarium barandae []	Gafrarium dispar [Discrepant venus]	Gafrarium divaricatum [Forked venus]
No picture found Gafrarium liratum []	No picture found Gafrarium melvilli []	Gafrarium pectinatum [Tumid venus]
No picture found Globivenus embrithes []	Globivenus toreuma []	Gomphina aequilatera [Equilateral venus]
No picture found Gomphina undulosa []	No picture found Gouldia subtrigona []	No picture found Hyphantosoma healyi []
No picture found Hyphantosoma nancyae []	No picture found Irus macrophyllus [Long leaf irus]	No picture found Irus mitis []
No picture found Katelysia eugibba []	No picture found Katelysia ferruginea []	Katelysia japonica [Japan venus]
Katelysia marmorata [Marbled venus]	No picture found Lioconcha annettae []	No picture found Lioconcha caledonensis []
Lioconcha castrensis [Camp pitar venus]	No picture found Lioconcha fastigiata [Dark pitar venus]	No picture found Lioconcha hieroglyphica []
No picture found Lioconcha lorenziana []	No picture found Lioconcha macaulayi []	No picture found Lioconcha melharteae []
Lioconcha ornata [Ornate pitar venus]	No picture found Lioconcha philippinarum []	No picture found Lioconcha polita []
Lioconcha pseudofastigiata []	No picture found Lioconcha richerdeforgesi []	No picture found Lioconcha schioettei []
No picture found Lioconcha sowerbyi []	No picture found Lioconcha trimaculata []	Marcia hiantina [Hiant venus]
Marcia opima [Fertile venus]	No picture found Meretrix casta [Backwater hard clam]	No picture found Meretrix lamarckii [Hard clam]
Meretrix lusoria [Poker chip venus]	Meretrix lyrata [Lyrate hard clam]	Meretrix meretrix [Asiatic hard clam]
No picture found Nutricola lordi [Lord dwarf-venus]	No picture found Paphia alapapilionis [Butterfly venus]	No picture found Paphia amabilis [Lovely venus]
No picture found Paphia declivis []	No picture found Paphia euglypta []	No picture found Paphia exarata []
No picture found Paphia japonica []	No picture found Paphia litarata []	No picture found Paphia papilionacea []
No picture found Paphia schnelliana []	Paphia semirugata [Semigrooved venus]	Paphia textile [Textile venus]
Paratapes undulatus [Undulate venus]	No picture found Pardosinia amphidesmoides []	No picture found Pardosinia pubescens []
No picture found Periglypta chemnitzii [Chemnitz's venus]	Periglypta clathrata [Clathrate venus]	No picture found Periglypta compressa []
No picture found Periglypta corbis []	No picture found Periglypta crispata [Crispate venus]	No picture found Periglypta listeri [Princess venus]
No picture found Periglypta monilifera []	Periglypta puerpera [Youthful venus]	Periglypta reticulata [Reticulated venus]
No picture found Petricola divergens []	No picture found Petricola fabagella []	No picture found Petricola japonica [Japanese petricolid]
No picture found Petricola lapicida [Boring petricola]	No picture found Petricola monstrosa []	No picture found Phacosoma eudeli []
No picture found Phacosoma truncata []	Pitar affinis []	Pitar albidus []
Pitar citrinus [Yellow pitar venus]	Pitar hebraeum []	No picture found Pitar intricata []
No picture found Pitar levis []	No picture found Pitar limatulum []	No picture found Pitar manillae []
No picture found Pitar marrowae []	No picture found Pitar obliquata []	Pitar pellucidus [Pellucid pitar venus]
No picture found Pitar potteri []	No picture found Pitar prora []	No picture found Pitar sophiae []
No picture found Pitar spoori []	No picture found Pitar striata []	No picture found Pitar subpellucidum []
No picture found Pitar sulcata []	No picture found Placamen calophylla [Gray venus]	No picture found Placamen isabellina []
No picture found Placamen lamellata []	Placamen tiara [Tiar venus]	Protapes gallus [Rooster venus]
No picture found Redicirce sulcata []	Ruditapes philippinarum [Japanese carpet shell]	Ruditapes variegatus [Variegated carpet shell]
No picture found Samarangia quadrangularis []	No picture found Sunetta contempta []	Sunetta menstrualis [Mauve sunetta]
Sunetta truncata [Truncate sunetta]	No picture found Sunettina langfordi []	No picture found Sunettina solanderii []
No picture found Tapes adspersa []	No picture found Tapes araneosa []	Tapes belcheri [Belcher's venus]
Tapes deshayesi []	Tapes dorsatus [Turgid venus]	Tapes literatus [Lettered venus]
No picture found Tapes platyptycha []	No picture found Tapes sericeus [Silky dosinia]	Tapes sulcarius [Furrowed venus]
No picture found Timoclea costellifera []	No picture found Timoclea habei []	No picture found Timoclea imbricata []
Timoclea marica []	No picture found Timoclea mindanensis []	No picture found Timoclea recognita []
No picture found Timoclea scabra []	No picture found Timoclea scandularis []	No picture found Timoclea subnodulosa []
No picture found Venus albina []	No picture found Venus crebrisulca [African venus]	No picture found Venus sinuosa []
No picture found Venus toreuma [Embossed venus]

178 Species of Family Veneridae
(venus clams)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anomalocardia flexuosa		Northwest Pacific
Anomalocardia squamosa	Squamose venus	Indo-West Pacific	4.5 SHL
Antigona chemnitzii		Indo-West Pacific.
Antigona lacerata		Western Pacific
Antigona lamellaris	Lamellate venus	Indo-West Pacific and the
Antigona magnifica		Western Central Pacific
Antigona purpurea		Western Central Pacific
Antigona restriculata		Indo-Pacific
Aphrodora kurodai		Western Central Pacific
Aphrodora noguchii		Western Central Pacific
Bassina hayasakai		Western Pacific
Bassina multilamellata		Western Pacific
Bonartemis histria		Indo-West Pacific.
Bonartemis juvenilis		Western Pacific.
Callista accincta		Western Central Pacific
Callista erycina	Reddish venus	Indo-West Pacific.
Callista impar		Indo-West Pacific
Callista lilacina	Giant sulcate venus shell	Indo-West Pacific
Callista roseotincta		Western Central Pacific
Callista semisulcata		Western Central Pacific
Callista sinensis		Western Pacific
Callocardia guttata		Western Pacific
Circe hongkongensis		Western Pacific
Circe intermedia		Indo-West Pacific.
Circe personata		Western Pacific
Circe scripta	Script venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Circe tumefacta		Indo-West Pacific.
Clementia papyracea		Indo-West Pacific and the
Cyclina sinensis	Oriental Cylcina	Indo-West Pacific.	5 SHL
Dorisca jucunda		Pacific Ocean
Dorisca nana		Western Pacific.
Dosinella corrugata		Northwest Pacific
Dosinella orbiculata		Western Pacific.
Dosinella subalata		Western Pacific
Dosinia amphidesmoides		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia caerula		Western Pacific
Dosinia cumingii		Western Pacific
Dosinia discus	Disk Dosinia	Western Central Atlantic	7.4 DL
Dosinia exasperata		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia gruneri		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia histrio	Histrio Dosinia	Indo-Pacific.	3.07 TL
Dosinia incisa		Indo-West Pacific
Dosinia iwakawai		Western Central Pacific	3 TL
Dosinia japonica		Northwest Pacific
Dosinia juvenilis		Western Central Pacific
Dosinia laminata		Western Pacific
Dosinia nanus		Western Pacific
Dosinia prostrata		Western Central Pacific
Dosinia troscheli		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia tumida		Indo-West Pacific
Gafrarium aequivocum		Western Central Pacific	3.5 TL
Gafrarium barandae		Western Pacific
Gafrarium dispar	Discrepant venus	Indo-Pacific	3 SHL
Gafrarium divaricatum	Forked venus	Indo-West Pacific	4.5 SHL
Gafrarium liratum		Western Pacific.
Gafrarium melvilli		Western Central Pacific
Gafrarium pectinatum	Tumid venus	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	4.8 SHL
Globivenus embrithes		Indo-West Pacific
Globivenus toreuma		Pacific Ocean.
Gomphina aequilatera	Equilateral venus	Western Pacific	9 SHL
Gomphina undulosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Gouldia subtrigona		Western Pacific
Hyphantosoma healyi		Western Central Pacific
Hyphantosoma nancyae		Western Central Pacific
Irus macrophyllus	Long leaf irus	Indo-Pacific.	0.95 TL
Irus mitis		Western Pacific
Katelysia eugibba		Western Pacific
Katelysia ferruginea		Western Central Pacific	4 TL
Katelysia japonica	Japan venus	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Katelysia marmorata	Marbled venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Lioconcha annettae		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha caledonensis		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha castrensis	Camp pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	6 TL
Lioconcha fastigiata	Dark pitar venus	Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 TL
Lioconcha hieroglyphica		Central Pacific
Lioconcha lorenziana		Western Pacific
Lioconcha macaulayi		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha melharteae		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha ornata	Ornate pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	5 SHL
Lioconcha philippinarum		Indo-Pacific.
Lioconcha polita		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha pseudofastigiata		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha richerdeforgesi		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha schioettei		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha sowerbyi		Western Central Pacific
Lioconcha trimaculata		Western Pacific.	2.5 SHL
Marcia hiantina	Hiant venus	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Marcia opima	Fertile venus	Indo-Pacific	6.5 SHL
Meretrix casta	Backwater hard clam	Indo-West Pacific.	5.21 SHL
Meretrix lamarckii	Hard clam	Western Pacific.
Meretrix lusoria	Poker chip venus	Northwest Pacific	5 ShL
Meretrix lyrata	Lyrate hard clam	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Meretrix meretrix	Asiatic hard clam	Indo-West Pacific	10.25 SHL
Nutricola lordi	Lord dwarf-venus	Pacific Ocean	1 SHL
Paphia alapapilionis	Butterfly venus	Indo-Pacific.
Paphia amabilis	Lovely venus	Western Pacific
Paphia declivis		Western Central Pacific
Paphia euglypta		Western Pacific.
Paphia exarata		Indo-West Pacific.
Paphia japonica		Indo-Pacific.
Paphia litarata		Western Central Pacific
Paphia papilionacea		Northwest Pacific
Paphia schnelliana		Western Central Pacific
Paphia semirugata	Semigrooved venus	Indo-West Pacific.	7.5 SHL
Paphia textile	Textile venus	Indo-West Pacific and the	8 SHL
Paratapes undulatus	Undulate venus	Indo-West Pacific	6.5 SHL
Pardosinia amphidesmoides		Western Pacific.
Pardosinia pubescens		Indo-Pacific.
Periglypta chemnitzii	Chemnitz's venus	Western Central Pacific	3 TL
Periglypta clathrata	Clathrate venus	Indo-West Pacific	10 SHL
Periglypta compressa		Western Pacific
Periglypta corbis		Western Central Pacific
Periglypta crispata	Crispate venus	Indo-Pacific.	5.21 TL
Periglypta listeri	Princess venus	North America.	10 NG
Periglypta monilifera		Western Central Pacific
Periglypta puerpera	Youthful venus	Indo-Pacific	12.5 SHL
Periglypta reticulata	Reticulated venus	Indo-Pacific	9 SHL
Petricola divergens		Indo-Pacific.
Petricola fabagella		Western Pacific
Petricola japonica	Japanese petricolid	Northwest Pacific.
Petricola lapicida	Boring petricola	Indo-Pacific and Western	3 DL
Petricola monstrosa		Western Pacific
Phacosoma eudeli		Western Pacific
Phacosoma truncata		Western Pacific
Pitar affinis		Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 TL
Pitar albidus		Northeast Atlantic and We	1.1 TL
Pitar citrinus	Yellow pitar venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Pitar hebraeum		Indo-West Pacific
Pitar intricata		Western Central Pacific
Pitar levis		Western Pacific
Pitar limatulum		Western Pacific.
Pitar manillae		Western Pacific
Pitar marrowae		Western Central Pacific
Pitar obliquata		Indo-West Pacific.	4.37 TL
Pitar pellucidus	Pellucid pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	4.5 SHL
Pitar potteri		Western Central Pacific
Pitar prora		Indo-Pacific.
Pitar sophiae		Western Central Pacific
Pitar spoori		Western Central Pacific
Pitar striata		Northwest and Western Cen
Pitar subpellucidum		Western Pacific
Pitar sulcata		Western Pacific
Placamen calophylla	Gray venus	Indo-West Pacific.	3 TL
Placamen isabellina		Western Pacific.
Placamen lamellata		Indo-Pacific.
Placamen tiara	Tiar venus	Indo-West Pacific	3.5 SHL
Protapes gallus	Rooster venus	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 SHL
Redicirce sulcata		Indo-West Pacific.
Ruditapes philippinarum	Japanese carpet shell	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	8 SHL
Ruditapes variegatus	Variegated carpet shell	Indo-Pacific	6 SHL
Samarangia quadrangularis		Western Pacific.
Sunetta contempta		Indo-West Pacific
Sunetta menstrualis	Mauve sunetta	Western Pacific	7.5 SHL
Sunetta truncata	Truncate sunetta	Indo-West Pacific	4 SHL
Sunettina langfordi		Western Pacific
Sunettina solanderii		Western Pacific
Tapes adspersa		Western Pacific.
Tapes araneosa		Western Pacific
Tapes belcheri	Belcher's venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Tapes deshayesi		Indo-Pacific.	3.15 TL
Tapes dorsatus	Turgid venus	Indo-West Pacific	9 SHL
Tapes literatus	Lettered venus	Indo-West Pacific	10.8 SHL
Tapes platyptycha		Indo-Pacific.
Tapes sericeus	Silky dosinia	Western Pacific
Tapes sulcarius	Furrowed venus	Indo-West Pacific.	8.5 TL
Timoclea costellifera		Indo-West Pacific	2 TL
Timoclea habei		Western Pacific.
Timoclea imbricata		Pacific Ocean.
Timoclea marica		Indo-Pacific.	2.85 TL
Timoclea mindanensis		Western Pacific.
Timoclea recognita		Western Pacific.
Timoclea scabra		Western Pacific.
Timoclea scandularis		Western Central Pacific
Timoclea subnodulosa		Pacific Ocean.
Venus albina		Western Pacific
Venus crebrisulca	African venus	Eastern Central Atlantic
Venus sinuosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Venus toreuma	Embossed venus	Indo-Pacific.

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