Venerids
Venerida
Venerida (formerly Veneroida) is an order of mostly saltwater but also some freshwater bivalve molluscs. This order includes many familiar groups such as many clams that are valued for food and a number of freshwater bivalves.
8 branches of this order, most-observed first
Veneroidea
superfamilyVeneroidea
Mactroidea
superfamilyMactroidea
Cyrenoidea
superfamilyCyrenoidea
Chamoidea
superfamilyChamoidea
Arcticoidea
superfamilyArcticoidea
Ungulinoidea
superfamilyUngulinoidea
Hemidonacoidea
superfamilyHemidonacoidea
Glossoidea
superfamilyGlossoidea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 50586.