
Mesodesmatidae
Mesodesmatidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Veneroida, the venus clams and their allies.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first

Paphies
genusPaphies

Donacilla
genusDonacilla

Atactodea
genusAtactodea

Mesodesma
genusMesodesma

Amarilladesma
genusAmarilladesma

Coecella
genusCoecella

Anapella
genusAnapella

Davila
genusDavila
Regterenia
genusRegterenia
Soleilletia
genusSoleilletia
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 245299.