Thyasiridae
Conchocele bisecta Thyasira flexuosa




Ungulinidae
Diplodonta impolita

 
Nuculidae
Acila castrensis Ennucula tenuis

Bivalves of the Pacific Northwest

(Northern California to Alaska)

Click on the name of the Family to view the species within that category.
Representatives within each family are shown to give an example of the
characteristics exhibited by that group.
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Astartidae
Astarte compacta Astarte elliptica Astarte esquimalti




Solenidae
Solen sicarius


Mactridae
Mactromeris polynyma Mactrotoma californica Simomactra falcata Tresus capax Tresus nuttallii 







Tellinidae
Macoma balthica Macoma elimata Macoma golikovi Macoma inquinata Macoma nasuta Macoma sectaMacoma yoldiformis Tellina bodegensis Tellina carpenteri Tellina modesta Tellina nuculoides 






Semelidae
Semele rubropicta

Psammobiidae
Gari californica Nuttallia obscurata


Pharidae
Siliqua patula














Myidae
Cryptomya californica Mya arenaria  Mya truncata Platyodon cancellatus
Petricolidae
Petricola carditoides 






Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica  Panomya ampla Panopea generosa

 

Lyonsiidae
Entodesma navicula Mytilimeria nuttallii
Pandoridae
Pandora filosa Pandora wardiana

Veneridae
Callithaca tenerrima Compsomyax subdiaphana Leukoma staminea Nutricola tantilla  Saxidomus gigantea Venerupis philippinarum 










Trapezidae
Neotrapezium liratum
 Mytilidae
Mytilus trossulus Mytilus californianus Solamen columbianum Musculista senhousia
Musculus discors Adula californiensis Modiolus modiolus Modiolus rectus



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Cardiidae
Clinocardium blandum Clinocardium nuttallii Clinocardium nuttallii Nemocardium centifilosum Serripes groenlandicus Serripes laperousii  Serripes laperousii


 


Lasaeidae
Kellia suborbicularis Neaeromya rugifera Rochefortia tumida








This page last revised: 1-19-2012

Pholadidae
Penitella conradi Penitella penita Xylophaga washingtona Zirfaea pilsbryi










Cuspidariidae
Cardiomya pectinata Cardiomya planetica



 

Lucinidae
Lucinoma annulatum Parvilucina tenuisculpta

Ostreidae
Crassostrea gigas Ostrea conchaphila








Carditidae
 Cyclocardia ventricosa ventricosa  Glans carpenteri Miodontiscus prolongatus




 









































Thraciidae
Thracia trapezoides


 






Pectinidae
Delectopecten vancouverensis Chlamys hastata Chlamys rubida Crassadoma gigantea Patinopecten caurinus


Anomiidae
Pododesmus machrochisma 
Glycymerididae
Glycymeris septentrionalis
Yoldiidae
Megayoldia thraciaeformis Yoldia myalis Yoldia seminuda

Nuculanidae
Nuculana hamata Nuculana minuta