Veneridae
Sign in to savethumb|Left valve dentition of the shell of the venerid Mercenaria mercenaria
Species
venus clams
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyVeneridae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded671,428
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10,211
- With media
- 323
- Family
- Veneridae
- Collections
- LACM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Veneroidea
- Image
- Venus verrucosa.jpg
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- Commons category
- Veneridae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Veneridae
- topic's main category
- Category:Veneridae
- taxon common name
- Venusmuscheln
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
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- Description
- References
- Gallery
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thumb|Left valve dentition of the shell of the venerid Mercenaria mercenaria
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as food sources.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Veneridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.