Philobryid Clams
Philobryidae
Philobryidae is a taxonomic family of very small equivalved triangular saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, related to the ark clams and the bittersweets. Their shells have projecting umbones and are non-nacreous. The ligament of the hinge is either completely internal or only slightly external. They have only one adductor muscle scar on the inside of each of their shells as opposed to the more-common two. Species from this family are found in most seas, in shallow to moderately deep water. This family contains about sixty species in seven genera.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Philobrya
genusPhilobrya
Cosa
genusCosa
Lissarca
genusLissarca
Verticipronus
genusVerticipronus
Neocardia
genusNeocardia
Adacnarca
genusAdacnarca
Aupouria
genusAupouria
Limarca
genusLimarca
Limopsilla
genusLimopsilla
Cratis
genusCratis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 245286.