APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Neolepton
Neolepton sulcatulum (Jeffreys, 1859)
- syn. Lepton sulcatulum - Furrowed coin shell
Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Turtoniinae (Subfamily)
Turtonia
Turtonia minuta (Fabricius, 1780) - Minute turton
Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family)
Callista
Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) - Smooth venus
Chamelea
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Striped venus
Clausinella
Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778) - Banded venus
Dosinea
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rayed artemis
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Smooth artemis
Gouldia
Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803) - Little Circe-shell
Irus
Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rock venus
Mercenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hard-shell / Atlantic clam or Quahog (non-native species)
Polititapes
Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) - Golden carpet-shell
Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- syn. Tapes rhomboides - Banded carpet shell
Timoclea
Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777) - Oval venus
Venerupis
Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
- syn. V. senegalensis - Pullet carpet shell
Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)
- syn. V. senegalensis var. saxatilis - Pullet carpet shell
Venerupis decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- syn. Tapes decussatus - Cross cut carpet shell
Venerupis philippinarum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Manilla clam
Venus
Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758
- syn. Circomphalus casina - Pale venus
Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 - Warty venus
Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Petricolinae (Subfamily)
Mysia
Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777) - Wavy venus
Petricolaria
Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818)
- American piddock (non-native species)
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Other members of the superfamily Veneroidea.
From the authors collection of foreign shells,
species not recorded in the United Kingdom.
Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family)
ChioneChione cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cross-barred venus (Florida, USA)
Dosinia
Dosinia discus (Reeve, 1850)
- Disk dosinia (Louisiana, USA)
Globivenus
Globivenus rigida (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Rigid venus (Brazil)
Gouldia
Gouldia cerina (C. B. Adams, 1845) -
Waxy gouldclam (Florida, USA)
Macrocallista
Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Sunray venus (Florida, USA)
Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Petricolinae (Subfamily)
Choristodon
Choristodon robustus (Sowerby I, 1834)
- An Atlantic boring petricolid (Florida, USA)
Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Calico Clam (Sardinia)
