Veneridae Rafinesque 1815

Description: Nederlands: tartufo di mare. wrattige venusschelp met spaghetti. Date: 8 July 2019 (according to Exif data). Source: Own work. Author: Ellywa.

Description: English: Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 - warty venus clam (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) Bivalves are bilaterally symmetrical molluscs having two calcareous, asymmetrical shells (valves) - they include the clams, oysters, and scallops. In most bivalves, the two shells are mirror images of each other (the major exception is the oysters). They occur in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. Bivalves are also known as pelecypods and lamellibranchiates. Bivalves are sessile, benthic organisms - they occur on or below substrates. Most of them are filter-feeders, using siphons to bring in water, filter the water for tiny particles of food, then expel the used water. The majority of bivalves are infaunal - they burrow into unlithified sediments. In hard substrate environments, some forms make borings, in which the bivalve lives. Some groups are hard substrate encrusters, using a mineral cement to attach to rocks, shells, or wood. The fossil record of bivalves is Cambrian to Recent. They are especially common in the post-Paleozoic fossil record. The warty venus clam shown above is part of the Lusitanian Province: "Concentrated in the mild temperatures of the Mediterranean Sea, and extending to the warmer waters of the Canary Islands and the cooler areas of France and Great Britain, is a fairly rich fauna. These waters support dozens of unique species, such as Jacob's scallop, the oxheart cockle and the European pelican's foot." [info. from museum signage] Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Veneroida, Veneridae Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed/unspecified More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warty_venus. Date: 2 January 2016, 15:22:14. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/24238124624/. Author: James St. John.

Description: English: Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 - warty venus clam (ventral view) (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) Bivalves are bilaterally symmetrical molluscs having two calcareous, asymmetrical shells (valves) - they include the clams, oysters, and scallops. In most bivalves, the two shells are mirror images of each other (the major exception is the oysters). They occur in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. Bivalves are also known as pelecypods and lamellibranchiates. Bivalves are sessile, benthic organisms - they occur on or below substrates. Most of them are filter-feeders, using siphons to bring in water, filter the water for tiny particles of food, then expel the used water. The majority of bivalves are infaunal - they burrow into unlithified sediments. In hard substrate environments, some forms make borings, in which the bivalve lives. Some groups are hard substrate encrusters, using a mineral cement to attach to rocks, shells, or wood. The fossil record of bivalves is Cambrian to Recent. They are especially common in the post-Paleozoic fossil record. The warty venus clam shown above is part of the South African Province: "The huge waves and cool waters of South Africa have produced a molluscan fauna dominated along its rocky shores by large limpets and abalones. Its beaches are often strewn with colorful, offshore cones, trochids and volutes. At certain seasons the cast-off egg-cradles of three species of paper nautiluses are found abundantly on some beaches." [info. from museum signage] Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Veneroida, Veneridae Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed/unspecified More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warty_venus. Date: 2 January 2016, 16:48:59. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/24793250411/. Author: James St. John.

Description: Français : Praires dans une poissonnerie de Paris. Date: 27 March 2019, 18:34:57. Source: Own work. Author: Thomon.

Description: English: Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 - interior view of the right valve of a warty venus clam (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) Bivalves are bilaterally symmetrical molluscs having two calcareous, asymmetrical shells (valves) - they include the clams, oysters, and scallops. In most bivalves, the two shells are mirror images of each other (the major exception is the oysters). They occur in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. Bivalves are also known as pelecypods and lamellibranchiates. Bivalves are sessile, benthic organisms - they occur on or below substrates. Most of them are filter-feeders, using siphons to bring in water, filter the water for tiny particles of food, then expel the used water. The majority of bivalves are infaunal - they burrow into unlithified sediments. In hard substrate environments, some forms make borings, in which the bivalve lives. Some groups are hard substrate encrusters, using a mineral cement to attach to rocks, shells, or wood. The fossil record of bivalves is Cambrian to Recent. They are especially common in the post-Paleozoic fossil record. The warty venus clam shown above is part of the South African Province: "The huge waves and cool waters of South Africa have produced a molluscan fauna dominated along its rocky shores by large limpets and abalones. Its beaches are often strewn with colorful, offshore cones, trochids and volutes. At certain seasons the cast-off egg-cradles of three species of paper nautiluses are found abundantly on some beaches." [info. from museum signage] Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Veneroida, Veneridae Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed/unspecified More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warty_venus. Date: 2 January 2016, 16:48:34. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/24591184320/. Author: James St. John.

Description: English: Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 - exterior view of the left valve of a warty venus clam (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) Bivalves are bilaterally symmetrical molluscs having two calcareous, asymmetrical shells (valves) - they include the clams, oysters, and scallops. In most bivalves, the two shells are mirror images of each other (the major exception is the oysters). They occur in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. Bivalves are also known as pelecypods and lamellibranchiates. Bivalves are sessile, benthic organisms - they occur on or below substrates. Most of them are filter-feeders, using siphons to bring in water, filter the water for tiny particles of food, then expel the used water. The majority of bivalves are infaunal - they burrow into unlithified sediments. In hard substrate environments, some forms make borings, in which the bivalve lives. Some groups are hard substrate encrusters, using a mineral cement to attach to rocks, shells, or wood. The fossil record of bivalves is Cambrian to Recent. They are especially common in the post-Paleozoic fossil record. The warty venus clam shown above is part of the South African Province: "The huge waves and cool waters of South Africa have produced a molluscan fauna dominated along its rocky shores by large limpets and abalones. Its beaches are often strewn with colorful, offshore cones, trochids and volutes. At certain seasons the cast-off egg-cradles of three species of paper nautiluses are found abundantly on some beaches." [info. from museum signage] Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Veneroida, Veneridae Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed/unspecified More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warty_venus. Date: 2 January 2016, 16:48:26. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/24860368516/. Author: James St. John.

Description: Français : Praire (Venus verrucosa). Date: 6 June 2020, 11:54:31. Source: Own work. Author: Arnaud 25.

Description: Français : Praire (Venus verrucosa). Date: 6 June 2020, 12:15:55. Source: Own work. Author: Arnaud 25.

Description: Français : Praire (Venus verrucosa). Date: 6 June 2020, 12:51:30. Source: Own work. Author: Arnaud 25.

Description: Galego: Carneiros (Venus verrucosa). Date: 11 April 2013, 10:51:24. Source: Own work. Author: P.Lameiro.

Description: Galego: Carneiros (Venus verrucosa). Date: 11 April 2013, 10:51:57. Source: Own work. Author: P.Lameiro.

Description: English: Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 - warty venus clam (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) Bivalves are bilaterally symmetrical molluscs having two calcareous, asymmetrical shells (valves) - they include the clams, oysters, and scallops. In most bivalves, the two shells are mirror images of each other (the major exception is the oysters). They occur in marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. Bivalves are also known as pelecypods and lamellibranchiates. Bivalves are sessile, benthic organisms - they occur on or below substrates. Most of them are filter-feeders, using siphons to bring in water, filter the water for tiny particles of food, then expel the used water. The majority of bivalves are infaunal - they burrow into unlithified sediments. In hard substrate environments, some forms make borings, in which the bivalve lives. Some groups are hard substrate encrusters, using a mineral cement to attach to rocks, shells, or wood. The fossil record of bivalves is Cambrian to Recent. They are especially common in the post-Paleozoic fossil record. The warty venus clam shown above is part of the Lusitanian Province: "Concentrated in the mild temperatures of the Mediterranean Sea, and extending to the warmer waters of the Canary Islands and the cooler areas of France and Great Britain, is a fairly rich fauna. These waters support dozens of unique species, such as Jacob's scallop, the oxheart cockle and the European pelican's foot." [info. from museum signage] Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Veneroida, Veneridae Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed/unspecified More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warty_venus. Date: 2 January 2016, 15:21:14. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/24748389352/. Author: James St. John.

Description: English: I found this clam shell at the Camano Island State Park on Camano Island in Washington State's Puget Sound. Based on the features of the shell, I believe it is a butter clam (Saxidomus gigantea), commonly found in Washington. Date: 14 July 2007, 14:49:44. Source: Own work. Author: Cody Logan. Other versions: Different view of the same shell. Attribution(required by the license)© Cody Logan / Wikimedia Commons / "API" / CC BY-SA 4.0. © Cody Logan / Wikimedia Commons / "API". Camera location48° 07′ 48.73″ N, 122° 30′ 13.96″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 48.130204; -122.503877.

Description: English: A left valve of a juvenile Mercenaria campechiensis viewed from the top to show the lunule and umbo. This valve is from beach drift in Sanibel, Lee County, Florida. Date: 22 December 2014, 13:04:42. Source: Own work. Author: Invertzoo.

Description: Exhibit in the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, California, USA. Photography was permitted without restriction in the museum. Date: 18 April 2012, 15:41:32. Source: Own work. Author: Daderot. Permission(Reusing this file): : This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse.

Description: English: Shells of Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Date: 2 August 2014. Source: Own work. Author: Hectonichus.

Description: English: Two Bivalvia of the genus Tivela in the Brazilian coasts: Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818); in the past named Tivela ventricosa (Gray, 1838)[1]; and Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778). The first (the large valve in the left) has a bigger shell and normally has a brownish zigzag pattern on his back; the second has the shell less angular and a series of crossed lines; but varying widely and including individuals without such markings. RIOS, Eliézer (1994). Seashells of Brazil. Second edition. Rio Grande, RS. Brasil: FURG. p. 285. 492 pp.. Português: Dois Bivalvia do gênero Tivela na costa brasileira: Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818); no passado, nomeada Tivela ventricosa (Gray, 1838)[2]; e Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778). A primeira (a valva grande à esquerda) tem sua concha maior e normalmente tem um padrão de ziguezague acastanhado nas costas; a segunda tem a concha menos angular e uma série de linhas cruzadas; mas variando amplamente e incluindo indivíduos sem tais marcações. RIOS, Eliézer (1994). Seashells of Brazil. Second edition. Rio Grande, RS. Brasil: FURG. p. 285. 492 pp. Date: 30 March 2021. Source: Own work. Author: Mário NET.

Description: English: Two Bivalvia of the genus Tivela in the Brazilian coasts: Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818); in the past named Tivela ventricosa (Gray, 1838)[1]; and Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778). The first (the shell in the left) has a bigger shell and normally has a brownish transversal stripes or zigzag pattern on his back; the second has the shell less angular and a series of crossed lines; but both varying a lot and including individuals without such markings or completely white. Approximate dimensions of 3.5 centimeters, from the edge of the shell to the umbo (length), for the two specimens. The individual on the left is smaller than those commonly found and the individual on the right is larger than those commonly found, for both species. ABBOTT, R. Tucker; DANCE, S. Peter (1982). Compendium of Seashells. A color Guide to More than 4.200 of the World's Marine Shells. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 355. 412 pp. ISBN 0-525-93269-0 RIOS, Eliézer (1994). Seashells of Brazil. Second edition. Rio Grande, RS. Brasil: FURG. p. 285. 492 pp.. Português: Dois Bivalvia do gênero Tivela na costa brasileira: Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818); no passado, nomeada Tivela ventricosa (Gray, 1838)[2]; e Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778). A primeira (a concha à esquerda) tem sua concha maior e normalmente tem um padrão de ziguezague ou tem listras transversais, acastanhadas, nas costas; a segunda tem a concha menos angular e uma série de linhas cruzadas; mas ambas variando bastante e incluindo indivíduos sem tais marcações ou totalmente brancos. Dimensões aproximadas de 3.5 centímetros, da borda da concha para o umbo (comprimento), para os dois espécimes. O indivíduo à esquerda é menor do que os comumente encontrados e o indivíduo à direita é maior do que os comumente encontrados, para ambas as espécies. ABBOTT, R. Tucker; DANCE, S. Peter (1982). Compendium of Seashells. A color Guide to More than 4.200 of the World's Marine Shells. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 355. 412 pp. ISBN 0-525-93269-0 RIOS, Eliézer (1994). Seashells of Brazil. Second edition. Rio Grande, RS. Brasil: FURG. p. 285. 492 pp. Date: 5 April 2021. Source: Own work. Author: Mário NET.

Description: English: The dorsal view of an Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)[1] valve. Specimen collected in Lagoinha Beach, Ubatuba, São Paulo, southeast Brazil (July 24, 1992). Date: 12 April 2021. Source: Own work. Author: Mário NET.

Description: English: The dorsal view of an Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)[1] valve. Specimen collected in Lagoinha Beach, Ubatuba, São Paulo, southeast Brazil (August 14, 1993). Date: 3 April 2021. Source: Own work. Author: Mário NET.

Description: English: The dorsal view of an Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)[1] orange valve. Specimen collected in Lagoinha Beach, Ubatuba, São Paulo, southeast Brazil (December 10, 1988). Date: 29 March 2021. Source: Own work. Author: Mário NET.

Description: English: Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778), Guacuco Selling & Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822. Date: 19 May 2013, 07:36:37. Source: Own work. Author: Wilfredor.

Description: Español: Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778) provenientes de Tacarigua de La Laguna, estado Miranda Venezuela. Date: 11 March 2013, 12:30:34. Source: Own work. Author: Veronidae.

Description: English: Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778), La Guardia. Date: 20 May 2013, 17:10:03. Source: Own work. Author: Wilfredor. Camera location10° 59′ 14.1″ N, 64° 02′ 15.31″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 10.987250; -64.037585.