586 Species in Family Veneridae
Nominal species list for Veneridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acila balabacensis Schenck, 1936
Acila castrensis (Hinds, 1843) Divaricate nutclam
Acila divaricata (Hinds, 1843)
Acila minutoides Kuroda & Habe, 1958
Acila mirabilis (Adam & Reeve, 1850)
Austronucula galatheae Dell, 1956
Austronucula perminima (Monterosato, 1875)
Austronucula schencki Powell, 1939
Brevinucula subtriangularis Rhind & Allen, 1992
Brevinucula verrilli (Dall, 1886)
Brevinucula verrillii (Dall, 1886)
Condylonucula maya Moore, 1977
Ennucula aegeensis (Jeffreys, 1879)
Ennucula corticata (Möller, 1842)
Ennucula cumingii (Hinds, 1843)
Ennucula cyrenoides (Kuroda, 1929)
Ennucula dalmasi (Dautzenberg, 1900)
Ennucula decipiens (Philippi, 1844)
Ennucula elongata (Rhind & Allen, 1992)
Ennucula eltanini Dell, 1990
Ennucula georgiana Dell, 1964
Ennucula granulosa (Verrill, 1884)
Ennucula grayi (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Ennucula linki (Dall, 1916) Link nutclam
Ennucula mareana (Weisbord, 1964)
Ennucula niponica (Smith, 1885)
Ennucula perforata (Rhind & Allen, 1992)
Ennucula puelcha (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Ennucula romboides (Scarlato, 1981)
Ennucula similis (Rhind & Allen, 1992)
Ennucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808) Smooth nutclam
Leionucula strangei (Adams, 1856)
Leionucula superba (Hedley, 1902)
Linucula recens Dell, 1956
Nucula aegeensis Jeffreys, 1879 Aegean nutclam
Nucula annulata Hampson, 1971
Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939
Nucula austrobenthalis Dell, 1990
Nucula bengalensis Smith, 1895
Nucula brasiliana Esteves, 1984
Nucula calcicola Moore, 1977 Reef nutclam
Nucula callicredemna Dall, 1890
Nucula cancellata Meek & Hayden, 1856
Nucula cardara Dall, 1916
Nucula carlottensis Dall, 1897 Charlotte nutclam
Nucula certisinus Finlay, 1930
Nucula consentanea Melvill & Standen, 1907
Nucula convexa (Sowerby, 1833)
Nucula corbuloides Sequenza, 1877
Nucula crenulata Adams, 1856 Crenulate nutclam
Nucula culebrensis Smith, 1885
Nucula cymella Dall, 1886
Nucula darella Dall, 1916
Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & Adams, 1842 Dolphintooth nutclam
Nucula donaciformis Smith, 1895
Nucula dorsocrenata (Habe, 1977)
Nucula dunedinensis Finlay, 1928
Nucula exigua Sowerby I, 1833 Iridescent nutclam
Nucula falklandica Preston, 1912
Nucula fernandensis Villaroel, 1971
Nucula fernandinae Dall, 1927
Nucula gemmulata Habe, 1953
Nucula granulosa Verrill, 1884
Nucula groenlandica Posselt, 1898 Greenland nutclam
Nucula hanleyi Winckworth, 1931
Nucula hartvigiana Pfeiffer, 1864 Nut shell
Nucula hawaiensis Pilsbry, 1921
Nucula inconspicua Adams, 1871
Nucula izushotoensis (Okutani, 1966)
Nucula kawamurai Habe, 1975
Nucula limosa Philippi, 1845
Nucula marshalli Schenck, 1939
Nucula mesembrina (Hedley, 1916)
Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930
Nucula nitidula Adams, 1856
Nucula nitidulaformis Powell, 1971
Nucula nucleus Linnaeus, 1758 Common nut clam
Nucula pachydonta Prashad, 1932
Nucula padula Adams, 1856
Nucula paulula Adams, 1856
Nucula pisum Sowerby I, 1833
Nucula proxima Say, 1822 Atlantic nutclam
Nucula pseudoexigua Villarroel & Stuardo, 1998
Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877
Nucula rossiana Finlay, 1930
Nucula subovata Verrill & Bush, 1898
Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831
Nucula tokyoensis Yokoyama, 1920
Nucula trigonica Lan & Lee, 2001
Nucula tumidula (Malm, 1860)
Nucula turgida Leckenby & Marshall, 1875
Nucula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964
Nucula zophos Clark, 1960
Nuculoidea pernambucensis (Smith, 1885)
Nuculoma aegeensis Forbes, 1844
Nuculoma corbuloides (Moller, 1842)
Pronucula bollonsi Powell, 1955
Pronucula kermadecensis Oliver, 1915
Pronucula maoria Powell, 1937
Pronucula tenuis Powell, 1927
Varinucula gallinacea Finlay, 1930
Agriopoma texasianum (Dall, 1892) Texas venus
Ameghinomya antiqua (King, 1832) Cancellated clam
Amiantis callosa (Conrad, 1837) White venus
Amiantis purpurata (Lamarck, 1818)
Anomalocardia auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1842) Pointed venus
Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian pointed venus
Anomalocardia cuneimeris (Conrad, 1846) Pointed clam
Anomalocardia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Anomalocardia leptalea (Dall, 1894)
Anomalocardia membranula Römer, 1860
Anomalocardia nesiotica Pilsbry, 1930
Anomalocardia squamosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Squamose venus
Antigona albocancellata Huber, 2010
Antigona chemnitzii (Hanley, 1844)
Antigona lacerata (Hanley, 1845)
Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817 Lamellate venus
Antigona magnifica (Hanley, 1845)
Antigona purpurea (Linnaeus, 1771)
Antigona resticulata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1853)
Antigona restriculata (Sowerby, 1853)
Aphrodora kurodai (Matsubara, 2007)
Aphrodora noguchii (Habe, 1958)
Aphrodora yerburyi (Smith, 1891)
Austrovenus stutchburyi (Wood, 1828) Stutchbury's venus
Bassina hayasakai Kotaki, 1977
Bassina hiraseana (Kuroda, 1930)
Bassina multilamellata Kotoka, 1977
Bassina yatei (Gray, 1835) Frilled venus shell
Bonartemis histria (Gmelin, 1791)
Bonartemis juvenilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Callista accincta Römer, 1864
Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) Brown venus
Callista erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) Reddish venus
Callista eucymata (Dall, 1890) Glory-of-the-seas venus
Callista florida (Lamarck, 1818)
Callista impar (Lamarck, 1818)
Callista lilacina (Lamarck, 1818) Giant sulcate venus shell
Callista multiradiata (Sowerby II, 1851)
Callista phasianella (Deshayes, 1853)
Callista pilsbryi Habe, 1960
Callista planatella (Lamarck, 1818)
Callista politissima Kuroda, 1945
Callista roseotincta (Smith, 1885)
Callista semisulcata (Sowerby, 1851)
Callista sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Callista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Callithaca tenerrima (Carpenter, 1857)
Callocardia guttata Adams, 1864
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) Striped venus clam
Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
Chione amathusia (Philippi, 1844)
Chione californiensis (Broderip, 1835) California venus
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) Cross-barred venus
Chione clenchi Pulley, 1952 Clench's venus
Chione compta (Broderip, 1835) Small banded venus
Chione elevata (Say, 1822)
Chione grus (Holmes, 1858) Pygmy venus clam
Chione inflata (King & Broderip, 1832)
Chione intapurpurea (Conrad, 1849)
Chione kellettii (Hinds, 1845)
Chione latilirata (Conrad, 1841)
Chione mariae (Orbigny, 1846)
Chione mazyckii Dall, 1902
Chione minor Nowell-Usticke, 1969
Chione pailasana Macsotay, 1968
Chione paphia (Linnaeus, 1767)
Chione picta Willett, 1944
Chione pinchoti Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951
Chione purpurissata Dall, 1902
Chione pygmaea (Lamarck, 1818)
Chione subimbricata (Sowerby, 1835)
Chione subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818)
Chione subrugosa (Wood, 1828)
Chione undatella (Sowerby I, 1835) Frilled venus
Chionista fluctifraga (Sowerby II, 1853) Smooth venus
Chionopsis amathusia (Philippi, 1844)
Choristodon cancellatus Verrill, 1885
Choristodon robustus (Sowerby I, 1834) Atlantic petricolid
Circe hongkongensis Jiang & Xu, 1992
Circe intermedia (Reeve, 1863)
Circe personata Deshayes, 1854
Circe rugifera (Lamarck, 1818)
Circe scripta (Linnaeus, 1758) Script venus
Circe tumefacta Sowerby, 1851
Circenita callipyga (Born, 1778) Venus clam
Circomphalus casina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Circomphalus disjectus (Perry, 1811) Tasmania venus clam
Circomphalus strigillinus (Dall, 1902) Empress venus
Clausinella brongniartii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Clausinella fasciata (Da Costa, 1778) Banded venus
Clausinella gayi (Hupé, 1854)
Clausinella tiara (Dillwyn, 1817)
Clementia papyracea (Gray, 1825)
Clementia similis Sowerby, 1852
Clementia vatheleti Mabille, 1901
Compsomyax subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864) Milky venus
Cooperella atlantica Rehder, 1943 Atlantic cooperclam
Cooperella subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864) Shiny cooperclam
Cryptonemella producta (Kuroda & Habe, 1951) Projecting venus
Cyclina orientalis (Sowerby II, 1852)
Cyclina sinensis (Gmelin, 1791) Oriental Cylcina
Cyclinella tenuis (Recluz, 1852) Thin Cyclinella
Cyclosunetta contempta (Smith, 1891)
Cytherea occulta Say, 1822
Dorisca jucunda (Smith, 1885)
Dorisca nana (Melvill, 1898)
Dosina crebra (Hutton, 1873) Coarse dosina
Dosina mactracea (Broderip, 1835)
Dosina zelandica Gray, 1835
Dosinella corrugata (Reeve, 1850 in 1843-1865)
Dosinella orbiculata (Dunker, 1877)
Dosinella subalata (Smith, 1916)
Dosinia alta (Dunker, 1849)
Dosinia amphidesmoides (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia anus (Philippi, 1848) Ringed Dosinia
Dosinia bilunulatus (Gray, 1838)
Dosinia biscocta (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia caerula (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia concentrica (Born, 1778) West Indian Dosinia
Dosinia contracta (Philippi, 1844)
Dosinia cumingii (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia derupta Romer, 1860
Dosinia deshayesii (Adams, 1855)
Dosinia discoctus (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia discus (Reeve, 1850) Disk Dosinia
Dosinia dunkeri (Philippi, 1844) Dunker's Dosinia
Dosinia elegans (Conrad, 1843) Elegant Dosinia
Dosinia erythraea Römer, 1860
Dosinia exasperata (Philippi, 1847)
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) Mature Dosinia
Dosinia greyi Zittel, 1864
Dosinia gruneri (Philippi, 1848)
Dosinia hepatica (Lamarck, 1818)
Dosinia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) Histrio Dosinia
Dosinia incisa (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia iwakawai Oyama & Habe, 1971
Dosinia japonica Reeve, 1856
Dosinia juvenilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Dosinia lambata (Gould, 1850)
Dosinia laminata (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Smooth Dosinia
Dosinia maoriana Oliver, 1923
Dosinia nanus (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia orbignyi unspecified
Dosinia ponderosa (Gray, 1838) Ponderous Dosinia
Dosinia prostrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dosinia scalaris (Menke, 1843)
Dosinia sculpta (Hanley, 1845)
Dosinia subrosea (Gray, 1835) Fine Dosinia
Dosinia troscheli (Lischke, 1874)
Dosinia tumida (Gray, 1838)
Eurhomalea rufa (Lamarck, 1818) Peruvian yellow clam
Eurhomalea salinensis Ramorino, 1968
Gafrarium aequivocum (Holten, 1803)
Gafrarium barandae (Hidalgo, 1885)
Gafrarium dispar (Holten, 1802) Discrepant venus
Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin, 1791) Forked venus
Gafrarium liratum (Romer, 1869)
Gafrarium melvilli (Lynge, 1909)
Gafrarium minimum unspecified
Gafrarium pectinatum (Linnaeus, 1758) Tumid venus
Gafrarium yukitai Habe, 1877
Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834) Amethyst gemclam
Gemma purpurea Lea, 1842
Globivenus callimorpha (Dall, 1902) Lily venus
Globivenus effossa (Philippi, 1836)
Globivenus embrithes (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
Globivenus fordi (Yates, 1890) Ford venus
Globivenus foresti (Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967)
Globivenus listeroides (Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967)
Globivenus rigida (Dillwyn, 1817) Rigid venus
Globivenus rugatina (Heilprin, 1886) Queen venus
Globivenus strigillina (Dall, 1902)
Globivenus toreuma (Gould, 1850)
Gomphina aequilatera (Sowerby, 1826) Equilateral venus
Gomphina maorum Smith, 1902
Gomphina neastartoides (Yokoyama, 1922)
Gomphina undulosa (Lamarck, 1818)
Gomphina veneriformis (Lamarck, 1818)
Gouldia cerina (Adams, 1845) Waxy gouldclam
Gouldia insularis (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803)
Gouldia picta (Habe, 1960)
Gouldia subtrigona Zhuang, 1964
Humilaria kennerleyi (Reeve, 1863) Kennerley venus
Hyphantosoma crassum Raines & Huber, 2012
Hyphantosoma festoui (Harte, 1993)
Hyphantosoma healyi (Lamprell & Stanisic, 1996)
Hyphantosoma nancyae (Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990)
Hyphantosoma tenue Raines & Huber, 2012
Irus crenatus (Lamarck, 1818)
Irus elegans (Deshayes, 1854) Elegant venus
Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758) Irus clam
Irus macrophyllus (Deshayes, 1853) Long leaf irus
Irus mitis (Deshayes, 1853)
Irus reflexus (Gray, 1843) Twisted venus
Irusella fernandiziana Stempell, 1899
Irusella lamellifera (Conrad, 1837) Lamellar venus
Katelysia eugibba Zhuang, 1964
Katelysia ferruginea (Reeve, 1864)
Katelysia japonica (Gmelin, 1791) Japan venus
Katelysia marmorata (Lamarck, 1818) Marbled venus
Kyrina kyrina Jousseaume, 1894
Leukoma crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
Leukoma granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Leukoma jedoensis (Lischke, 1874) Jedo venus
Leukoma restorationensis (Frizzell, 1930)
Leukoma staminea (Conrad, 1837) Pacific littleneck
Leukoma thaca (Molina, 1782) Taca clam
Lioconcha annettae Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
Lioconcha berthaulti Lamprell & Healy, 2002
Lioconcha caledonensis Harte & Lamprell, 1999
Lioconcha castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Camp pitar venus
Lioconcha dautzenbergi (Prashad, 1932)
Lioconcha fastigiata (Sowerby, 1851) Dark pitar venus
Lioconcha gordoni (Smith, 1885)
Lioconcha hieroglyphica (Conrad, 1837)
Lioconcha lorenziana (Dillwyn, 1817)
Lioconcha macaulayi Lamprell & Healy, 2002
Lioconcha melharteae Lamprell & Stanisic, 1996
Lioconcha ornata (Dillwyn, 1817) Ornate pitar venus
Lioconcha philippinarum (Hanley, 1844)
Lioconcha polita (Röding, 1798)
Lioconcha pseudofastigiata Lamprell & Healy, 2002
Lioconcha richerdeforgesi Lamprell & Stanisic, 1996
Lioconcha schioettei Lamprell & Healy, 2002
Lioconcha sowerbyi (Deshayes, 1853)
Lioconcha tigrina (Lamarck, 1818)
Lioconcha trimaculata (Lamarck, 1818)
Liocyma beckii Dall, 1870
Liocyma fluctuosa (Gould, 1841) Wavy liocyma
Lirophora clenchi (Pulley, 1952) Thick-ringed venus
Lirophora latilirata (Conrad, 1841) Imperial venus
Lirophora paphia (Linnaeus, 1767)
Lirophora riomaturensis (Maury, 1925)
Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786) Sunray venus
Marcia cordata (Forsskål, 1775) Ovate clam
Marcia hiantina (Lamarck, 1818) Hiant venus
Marcia opima (Gmelin, 1791) Fertile venus
Megapitaria aurantiaca (Sowerby, 1831)
Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Calico clam
Megapitaria squalida (Sowerby, 1835)
Mercenaria campechiensis (Dall, 1902) Southern hardshell clam
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Northern quahog
Meretrix casta (Chemnitz, 1782) Backwater hard clam
Meretrix lamarckii Deshayes, 1853 Hard clam
Meretrix lusoria (Röding, 1798) Poker chip venus
Meretrix lyrata (Sowerby, 1851) Lyrate hard clam
Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758) Asiatic hard clam
Meretrix petechialis (Lamarck, 1818) Spotted hard clam
Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)
Notocallista multistriata (Sowerby, 1851) Deep water venus
Nutricola confusa (Gray, 1982) Confusing dwarf-venus
Nutricola cymata (Dall, 1913) Wavy dwarf-venus
Nutricola lordi (Baird, 1863) Lord dwarf-venus
Nutricola ovalis (Dall, 1902) Oval dwarf-venus
Nutricola tantilla (Gould, 1853) Purple dwarf-venus
Paphia alapapilionis Roding, 1798 Butterfly venus
Paphia amabilis (Philippi, 1847) Lovely venus
Paphia aurea (Gmelin, 1791) Golden carpet shell
Paphia declivis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1852)
Paphia euglypta (Philippi, 1847)
Paphia exarata (Philippi, 1846 in 1842-1851)
Paphia japonica (Gmelin, 1791)
Paphia lirata (Philippi, 1848)
Paphia litarata (Philippi, 1848)
Paphia lucens (Locard, 1886)
Paphia papilionacea Lamarck, 1818
Paphia rhomboides (Pennant, 1777)
Paphia schnelliana (Dunker, 1866)
Paphia semirugata (Philippi, 1847) Semigrooved venus
Paphia textile (Gmelin, 1791) Textile venus
Pardosinia amphidesmoides (Reeve, 1850)
Pardosinia pubescens (Philippies, 1847)
Parastarte triquetra (Conrad, 1846) Brown gemclam
Paratapes undulatus (Born, 1778) Undulate venus
Pelecyora ceylonica (Dunker, 1865)
Pelecyora trigona (Reeve, 1850)
Periglypta chemnitzii (Hanley, 1844) Chemnitz's venus
Periglypta clathrata (Deshayes, 1854) Clathrate venus
Periglypta compressa Zhuang, 1964
Periglypta corbis (Lamarck, 1818)
Periglypta crispata (Deshayes, 1854) Crispate venus
Periglypta listeri (Gray, 1838) Princess venus
Periglypta monilifera (Sowerby, 1853)
Periglypta multicostata (Sowerby, 1835)
Periglypta puerpera (Linnaeus, 1771) Youthful venus
Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758) Reticulated venus
Petricola californiensis Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 California petricola
Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) Hearty petricola
Petricola dactylus Sowerby I, 1823
Petricola denticulata Sowerby I, 1834
Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791)
Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998
Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818
Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 Kelp petricolid
Petricola inversa Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Petricola japonica Dunker, 1882 Japanese petricolid
Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791) Boring petricola
Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1786) Rock-eating petricola
Petricola lucasana Herlein & Strong, 1948
Petricola monstrosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818 American piddock
Petricola substriata Montagu, 1808
Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) False angel wing
Petricolaria stellae (Narchi, 1975)
Phacosoma abyssicola (Habe, 1961)
Phacosoma canaliculata (Sowerby, 1852)
Phacosoma corcula (Romer, 1870)
Phacosoma eudeli (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
Phacosoma gibba (Adams, 1869)
Phacosoma truncata (Zhuang, 1964)
Phacosoma zilchi (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
Pitar affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
Pitar albidus (Gmelin, 1791)
Pitar arestus (Dall & Simpson, 1901) Pleasing pitar
Pitar bermudezi Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Pitar chordatum (Romer, 1869)
Pitar circinatus (Born, 1778)
Pitar citrinus (Lamarck, 1818) Yellow pitar venus
Pitar cordatus Schwengel, 1951
Pitar dione (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) Lightning pitar
Pitar hebraeum (Lamarck, 1818)
Pitar indecoroides (Yokoyama, 1928)
Pitar intricata (Dautzenberg, 1907)
Pitar levis Zorina, 1978
Pitar limatulum (Sowerby, 1851)
Pitar lineolatum (Sowerby, 1854)
Pitar manillae (Sowerby, 1851)
Pitar marrowae Healy & Lamprell, 1992
Pitar mediterranea (Tiberi, 1855)
Pitar morrhuanus (Dall, 1902) False quahog
Pitar newcombianus (Gabb, 1865) Newcomb pitar
Pitar obliquata (Hanley, 1844)
Pitar palmeri Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967
Pitar patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Pitar pellucidus (Lamarck, 1818) Pellucid pitar venus
Pitar pilula Rehder, 1943 Little-pill pitar
Pitar potteri Healy & Lamprell, 1992
Pitar prora (Conrad, 1837)
Pitar reeveanum (Hidalgo, 1903)
Pitar rostratus (Philippi, 1844) Rostrate pitar
Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795) Rough pitar venus
Pitar simpsoni (Dall, 1895) Chalky pitar
Pitar sophiae (Angas, 1877)
Pitar spoori Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
Pitar striata (Gray, 1838)
Pitar subarestus Dall, 1912
Pitar subpellucidum (Sowerby, 1851)
Pitar sulcata Zorina, 1978
Pitar sulfureum (Pilsbry, 1904)
Pitar tumens (Gmelin, 1791) Swollen venus
Pitar zonatus (Dall, 1902) Banded pitar
Pitarenus cordatus (Schwengel, 1951) Corded pitar
Placamen berrii (Wood, 1828)
Placamen calophylla (Philippi, 1836) Gray venus
Placamen foliaceum (Philippi, 1846)
Placamen gravescens (Menke, 1843)
Placamen isabellina (Philippi, 1849)
Placamen lamellata (Roding, 1798)
Placamen retroversum (Deshayes, 1853)
Placamen tiara (Dilwyn, 1817) Tiar venus
Polititapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791) Golden carpet shell
Polititapes parvovalis Zettler & Alf, 2021
Polititapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777) Banded carpet shell
Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791) Rooster venus
Protothaca asperrima (Sowerby, 1835)
Protothaca crassisosta (Deshayes, 1835) Ribbed venus
Protothaca granulata (Gmelin, 1791) Beaded venus
Protothaca laciniata (Carpenter, 1864) Rough littleneck
Protothaca pectorina (Lamarck, 1818)
Protothaca tenerrima (Carpenter, 1857) Thin-shell littleneck
Psephidia cymata Dall, 1913
Psephidia foveolata (Cooper & Preston, 1910)
Psephidia lordi (Baird, 1863)
Psephidia ovalis Dall, 1902
Psephidia stephensae Hertlein & Grant, 1972
Puberella intapurpurea (Conrad, 1849) Lady-in-waiting venus
Puberella pubera (Bory Saint-Vincent, 1827) Downy venus
Redicirce sulcata (Gray, 1838)
Retrotapes exalbidus (Dillwyn, 1817) Ring clam
Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Grooved carpet shell
Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850) Japanese carpet shell
Ruditapes variegatus (Sowerby, 1852) Variegated carpet shell
Samarangia quadrangularis (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Saxidomus gigantea (Deshayes, 1839) Washington butterclam
Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837 California butterclam
Saxidomus purpurata (Sowerby II, 1852) Purple butter clam
Sunetta beni Fukuda, Ishida, Watanabe, Yoshimatsu & Haga, 2021
Sunetta contempta Smith, 1891
Sunetta effossa (Hanley, 1843)
Sunetta menstrualis (Menke, 1843) Mauve sunetta
Sunetta truncata (Deshayes, 1853) Truncate sunetta
Sunettina langfordi Habe, 1953
Sunettina solanderii (Gray, 1825)
Tapes adspersa (Lamarck, 1818)
Tapes araneosa (Philippi, 1847)
Tapes belcheri Sowerby, 1852 Belcher's venus
Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791)
Tapes deshayesi (Hanley, 1844)
Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818) Turgid venus
Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lettered venus
Tapes platyptycha Pilsbry, 1901
Tapes semidecussata unspecified
Tapes sericeus Matsukuma, 1986 Silky dosinia
Tapes sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818) Furrowed venus
Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818) Gay's little venus
Tawera lagopus (Lamarck, 1818)
Tawera laticostata (Ohdner, 1917)
Tawera marionae Finlay, 1928
Tawera mawsoni (Hedley, 1916)
Tawera phenax (Finlay, 1930)
Tawera rosa Powell, 1955
Tawera sphaericula (Deshayes, 1854)
Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835) Morning star shell
Timoclea arakana (Nevill & Nevill, 1871)
Timoclea costellifera (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Timoclea grus (Holmes, 1858) Gray pygmy-venus
Timoclea habei (Fischer-Pie & Vukadinovic, 1977)
Timoclea imbricata (Sowerby, 1853)
Timoclea keegani Raines & Huber, 2012
Timoclea lionota (Smith, 1885)
Timoclea marica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Timoclea micra (Pilsbry, 1904)
Timoclea mindanensis (Smith, 1885)
Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777)
Timoclea pygmaea (Lamarck, 1818) Pygmy-venus
Timoclea recognita (Smith, 1885)
Timoclea roemeriana (Issel, 1869)
Timoclea scabra (Hanley, 1845)
Timoclea scandularis (Hedley, 1909)
Timoclea subnodulosa (Hanley, 1845)
Tivela abaconis Dall, 1902
Tivela byronensis (Gray, 1838) Byron tivela
Tivela damaoides (Wood, 1828)
Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818)
Tivela floridana Rehder, 1939 Florida tivela
Tivela foresti Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967
Tivela fulminata (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
Tivela geijskesi Altena, 1968
Tivela isabelleana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Tivela lessonii (Deshayes, 1830) Hians tivela
Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778) Trigonal tivela
Tivela planulata (Broderip & Sowerby I, 1830) Flat tivela
Tivela stultorum (Mawe, 1823) Pismo clam
Tivela trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
Tivela tripla (Linnaeus, 1771) Triple venus
Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818)
Transennella caboblanquensis Weisbord, 1964
Transennella confusa Gray, 1982
Transennella conradina Dall, 1884 Colorful transennella
Transennella cubaniana (d'Orbigny, 1853) Cuba transennella
Transennella culebrana (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Transennella gerrardi Abbott, 1958
Transennella pannosa (Sowerby, 1835)
Transennella stimpsoni Dall, 1902 Banded transennella
Transennella tantilla (Gould, 1853) Purple transennella
Transenpitar americana (Doello-Jurado, 1951)
Turtonia minuta (Fabricius, 1780) Minute turton
Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871
Venerupis aspera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Venerupis bruguieri (Hanley, 1845)
Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791) Corrugated venus
Venerupis dura (Gmelin, 1791) Durable venus
Venerupis largillierti (Philippi, 1849) Oblong venus
Venerupis lucens (Locard, 1886)
Venerupis rugosa (Sowerby II, 1854)
Venerupsis aurea (Gmelin, 1791) Smooth butter clam
Ventricolaria foresti Fischer-piette & Testud, 1967
Ventricolaria listeroides Fischer-piette & Testud, 1967
Ventricolaria rigida (Dillwyn, 1817)
Ventricolaria rugatina (Heilprin, 1897)
Venus albina Sowerby, 1853
Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758 Thick-ridged venus
Venus casinaeformis (Yokoyama, 1924)
Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818 African venus
Venus foliaceolamellosa Römer, 1865 Plicate venus
Venus nux Gmelin, 1791 Saltwater clam
Venus ovata unspecified
Venus sinuosa Lamarck, 1818
Venus toreuma Gould, 1850 Embossed venus
Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 Warty venus
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