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Fish Identification
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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Mactridae trough shells (See list of species below)

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17 species in Atlantic, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
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Anatina anatina
[Smooth duckclam]


Mactra fragilis
[Fragile mactra clam]
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Mactra gigas
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Mactra inceri
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Mactra janeiroensis
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Mactra miskito
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Mactra petitii
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Mactrellona alata
[Caribbean winged mactra]
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Mactrellona iheringi
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Mactrotoma fragilis
[Fragile surfclam]
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Mactrotoma surinamensis
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Mulinia cleryana
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Mulinia lateralis
[Dwarf surfclam]
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Mulinia pontchartrainensis
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Rangia cuneata
[Atlantic rangia]
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Spisula raveneli
[Southern surfclam]


Spisula solidissima
[Atlantic surfclam]
17 Species of Family Mactridae
(trough shells)
Sort by: Species Length
Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Anatina anatina Smooth duckclam North America. 4.4 DL
Mactra fragilis Fragile mactra clam Western Atlantic
Mactra gigas Western Atlantic. 10.9 DL
Mactra inceri Western Atlantic. 3.6 DL
Mactra janeiroensis Western Atlantic 3.1 DL
Mactra miskito Western Central Atlantic 3 DL
Mactra petitii Western Central Atlantic 3 DL
Mactrellona alata Caribbean winged mactra Western Atlantic and East 10 NG
Mactrellona iheringi Western Central Atlantic 6.5 DL
Mactrotoma fragilis Fragile surfclam North America. 9.4 DL
Mactrotoma surinamensis Western Central Atlantic
Mulinia cleryana Western Atlantic 3.2 DL
Mulinia lateralis Dwarf surfclam Western Atlantic Ocean. 1.5 DL
Mulinia pontchartrainensis Western Atlantic.
Rangia cuneata Atlantic rangia Western Atlantic 9.4 SHL
Spisula raveneli Southern surfclam North America.
Spisula solidissima Atlantic surfclam Western Atlantic Ocean. 20 SHL



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