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

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164 species in Pacific, Northwest 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 lacerata []
Antigona lamellaris [Lamellate venus]	No picture found Bassina hayasakai []	No picture found Bassina hiraseana []
No picture found Bassina multilamellata []	No picture found Bonartemis histria []	No picture found Bonartemis juvenilis []
No picture found Callista erycina [Reddish venus]	No picture found Callista phasianella []	No picture found Callista pilsbryi []
No picture found Callista politissima []	No picture found Callista sinensis []	Callocardia guttata []
No picture found Circe hongkongensis []	No picture found Circe intermedia []	Circe scripta [Script venus]
No picture found Circe tumefacta []	No picture found Clausinella tiara []	No picture found Clementia papyracea []
No picture found Clementia vatheleti []	No picture found Cryptonemella producta [Projecting venus]	No picture found Cyclina orientalis []
Cyclina sinensis [Oriental Cylcina]	No picture found Cyclosunetta contempta []	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 bilunulatus []
No picture found Dosinia biscocta []	No picture found Dosinia caerula []	No picture found Dosinia cumingii []
No picture found Dosinia derupta []	No picture found Dosinia discoctus []	No picture found Dosinia exasperata []
No picture found Dosinia gruneri []	Dosinia histrio [Histrio Dosinia]	Dosinia japonica []
No picture found Dosinia laminata []	No picture found Dosinia nanus []	No picture found Dosinia troscheli []
No picture found Gafrarium barandae []	Gafrarium dispar [Discrepant venus]	Gafrarium divaricatum [Forked venus]
No picture found Gafrarium liratum []	Gafrarium pectinatum [Tumid venus]	No picture found Gafrarium yukitai []
Gomphina aequilatera [Equilateral venus]	No picture found Gomphina neastartoides []	No picture found Gomphina undulosa []
No picture found Gomphina veneriformis []	No picture found Gouldia picta []	No picture found Gouldia subtrigona []
No picture found Irus irus [Irus clam]	No picture found Irus macrophyllus [Long leaf irus]	No picture found Irus mitis []
No picture found Katelysia eugibba []	Katelysia japonica [Japan venus]	Katelysia marmorata [Marbled venus]
No picture found Leukoma jedoensis [Jedo venus]	Lioconcha castrensis [Camp pitar venus]	No picture found Lioconcha fastigiata [Dark pitar venus]
No picture found Lioconcha lorenziana []	Lioconcha ornata [Ornate pitar venus]	No picture found Lioconcha philippinarum []
No picture found Lioconcha trimaculata []	Liocyma fluctuosa [Wavy liocyma]	Marcia hiantina [Hiant venus]
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 Meretrix petechialis [Spotted 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 euglypta []
No picture found Paphia exarata []	No picture found Paphia japonica []	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 Pelecyora trigona []	No picture found Periglypta chemnitzii [Chemnitz's venus]	Periglypta clathrata [Clathrate venus]
No picture found Periglypta compressa []	No picture found Periglypta crispata [Crispate venus]	No picture found Periglypta listeri [Princess venus]
Periglypta puerpera [Youthful venus]	Periglypta reticulata [Reticulated venus]	No picture found Petricola carditoides [Hearty petricola]
No picture found Petricola divergens []	No picture found Petricola fabagella []	No picture found Petricola japonica [Japanese petricolid]
No picture found Petricola monstrosa []	No picture found Phacosoma abyssicola []	No picture found Phacosoma canaliculata []
No picture found Phacosoma corcula []	No picture found Phacosoma eudeli []	No picture found Phacosoma gibba []
No picture found Phacosoma truncata []	No picture found Phacosoma zilchi []	Pitar affinis []
No picture found Pitar chordatum []	Pitar citrinus [Yellow pitar venus]	Pitar hebraeum []
No picture found Pitar indecoroides []	No picture found Pitar levis []	No picture found Pitar limatulum []
No picture found Pitar lineolatum []	No picture found Pitar manillae []	Pitar pellucidus [Pellucid pitar venus]
No picture found Pitar prora []	No picture found Pitar reeveanum []	No picture found Pitar striata []
No picture found Pitar subpellucidum []	No picture found Pitar sulcata []	No picture found Pitar sulfureum []
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 Saxidomus purpurata [Purple butter clam]	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]	No picture found Timoclea costellifera []	No picture found Timoclea habei []
No picture found Timoclea imbricata []	No picture found Timoclea lionota []	Timoclea marica []
No picture found Timoclea micra []	No picture found Timoclea mindanensis []	No picture found Timoclea recognita []
No picture found Timoclea scabra []	No picture found Timoclea subnodulosa []	No picture found Turtonia minuta [Minute turton]
No picture found Venerupis aspera []	No picture found Venus albina []	No picture found Venus casinaeformis []
No picture found Venus sinuosa []	No picture found Venus toreuma [Embossed venus]

164 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 lacerata		Western Pacific
Antigona lamellaris	Lamellate venus	Indo-West Pacific and the
Bassina hayasakai		Western Pacific
Bassina hiraseana		Northwest Pacific
Bassina multilamellata		Western Pacific
Bonartemis histria		Indo-West Pacific.
Bonartemis juvenilis		Western Pacific.
Callista erycina	Reddish venus	Indo-West Pacific.
Callista phasianella		Northwest Pacific
Callista pilsbryi		Northwest Pacific
Callista politissima		Northwest Pacific
Callista sinensis		Western Pacific
Callocardia guttata		Western Pacific
Circe hongkongensis		Western Pacific
Circe intermedia		Indo-West Pacific.
Circe scripta	Script venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Circe tumefacta		Indo-West Pacific.
Clausinella tiara		Northwest Pacific
Clementia papyracea		Indo-West Pacific and the
Clementia vatheleti		Northwest Pacific.
Cryptonemella producta	Projecting venus	Northwest Pacific
Cyclina orientalis		Northwest Pacific
Cyclina sinensis	Oriental Cylcina	Indo-West Pacific.	5 SHL
Cyclosunetta contempta		Indo-West Pacific
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 bilunulatus		Northwest Pacific.
Dosinia biscocta		Northwest Pacific
Dosinia caerula		Western Pacific
Dosinia cumingii		Western Pacific
Dosinia derupta		Northwest Pacific
Dosinia discoctus		Northwest Pacific.
Dosinia exasperata		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia gruneri		Indo-West Pacific.
Dosinia histrio	Histrio Dosinia	Indo-Pacific.	3.07 TL
Dosinia japonica		Northwest Pacific
Dosinia laminata		Western Pacific
Dosinia nanus		Western Pacific
Dosinia troscheli		Indo-West Pacific.
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 pectinatum	Tumid venus	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	4.8 SHL
Gafrarium yukitai		Northwest Pacific
Gomphina aequilatera	Equilateral venus	Western Pacific	9 SHL
Gomphina neastartoides		Northwest Pacific
Gomphina undulosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Gomphina veneriformis		Northwest Pacific
Gouldia picta		Northwest Pacific.
Gouldia subtrigona		Western Pacific
Irus irus	Irus clam	Indo-West Pacific and Med
Irus macrophyllus	Long leaf irus	Indo-Pacific.	0.95 TL
Irus mitis		Western Pacific
Katelysia eugibba		Western Pacific
Katelysia japonica	Japan venus	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL
Katelysia marmorata	Marbled venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Leukoma jedoensis	Jedo venus	Northwest Pacific.
Lioconcha castrensis	Camp pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	6 TL
Lioconcha fastigiata	Dark pitar venus	Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 TL
Lioconcha lorenziana		Western Pacific
Lioconcha ornata	Ornate pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	5 SHL
Lioconcha philippinarum		Indo-Pacific.
Lioconcha trimaculata		Western Pacific.	2.5 SHL
Liocyma fluctuosa	Wavy liocyma	Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Marcia hiantina	Hiant venus	Indo-West Pacific	6 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
Meretrix petechialis	Spotted hard clam	Northwest Pacific
Nutricola lordi	Lord dwarf-venus	Pacific Ocean	1 SHL
Paphia alapapilionis	Butterfly venus	Indo-Pacific.
Paphia amabilis	Lovely venus	Western Pacific
Paphia euglypta		Western Pacific.
Paphia exarata		Indo-West Pacific.
Paphia japonica		Indo-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.
Pelecyora trigona		Northwest 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 crispata	Crispate venus	Indo-Pacific.	5.21 TL
Periglypta listeri	Princess venus	North America.	10 NG
Periglypta puerpera	Youthful venus	Indo-Pacific	12.5 SHL
Periglypta reticulata	Reticulated venus	Indo-Pacific	9 SHL
Petricola carditoides	Hearty petricola	North Pacific.	5.5 SHL
Petricola divergens		Indo-Pacific.
Petricola fabagella		Western Pacific
Petricola japonica	Japanese petricolid	Northwest Pacific.
Petricola monstrosa		Western Pacific
Phacosoma abyssicola		Northwest Pacific
Phacosoma canaliculata		Northwest Pacific
Phacosoma corcula		Northwest Pacific
Phacosoma eudeli		Western Pacific
Phacosoma gibba		Northwest Pacific
Phacosoma truncata		Western Pacific
Phacosoma zilchi		Northwest Pacific
Pitar affinis		Indo-West Pacific.	3.5 TL
Pitar chordatum		Northwest Pacific
Pitar citrinus	Yellow pitar venus	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL
Pitar hebraeum		Indo-West Pacific
Pitar indecoroides		Northwest Pacific
Pitar levis		Western Pacific
Pitar limatulum		Western Pacific.
Pitar lineolatum		Northwest Pacific
Pitar manillae		Western Pacific
Pitar pellucidus	Pellucid pitar venus	Indo-Pacific	4.5 SHL
Pitar prora		Indo-Pacific.
Pitar reeveanum		Northwest Pacific
Pitar striata		Northwest and Western Cen
Pitar subpellucidum		Western Pacific
Pitar sulcata		Western Pacific
Pitar sulfureum		Northwest 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.
Saxidomus purpurata	Purple butter clam	Northwest 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
Timoclea costellifera		Indo-West Pacific	2 TL
Timoclea habei		Western Pacific.
Timoclea imbricata		Pacific Ocean.
Timoclea lionota		Northwest Pacific
Timoclea marica		Indo-Pacific.	2.85 TL
Timoclea micra		Northwest Pacific
Timoclea mindanensis		Western Pacific.
Timoclea recognita		Western Pacific.
Timoclea scabra		Western Pacific.
Timoclea subnodulosa		Pacific Ocean.
Turtonia minuta	Minute turton	Northern Pacific, Norther	0.3 DL
Venerupis aspera		Northwest Pacific
Venus albina		Western Pacific
Venus casinaeformis		Northwest Pacific
Venus sinuosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Venus toreuma	Embossed venus	Indo-Pacific.

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