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Bittersweet Clams
Glycymerididae
Glycymerididae, previously known as Glycymeridae, common names dog cockles or bittersweets, is a worldwide family of salt water clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the superfamily Arcoida. They are related to the ark clams. This family contains 45 species in four genera.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first
Glycymeris
genusGlycymeris
Tucetona
genusTucetona
Axinactis
genusAxinactis
Glycymerita
genusGlycymerita
Melaxinaea
genusMelaxinaea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 172069.