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Abra
Abra is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Semelidae. Members of this genus are mostly under 1.5 centimeters long, and have thin shells which are usually white. These bivalves normally live under the surface of sandy and muddy sediments, in the neritic zone.
43 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Atlantic Abra
speciesAbra aequalis
White Furrow-shell
speciesAbra alba
Thin Furrow-shell
speciesAbra tenuis
Abra segmentum
speciesAbra segmentum
Glossy Furrow-shell
speciesAbra nitida
Abra prismatica
speciesAbra prismatica
Abra tepocana
speciesAbra tepocana
Abra lunella
speciesAbra lunella
Abra profundorum
speciesAbra profundorum
Abra lioica
speciesAbra lioica
Abra fujitai
speciesAbra fujitai
Abra kinoshitai
speciesAbra kinoshitai
Abra kyurokusimana
speciesAbra kyurokusimana
Abra soyoae
speciesAbra soyoae
Abra jarli
speciesAbra jarli
Abra africana
speciesAbra africana
Abra palmeri
speciesAbra palmeri
Abra pilsbryi
speciesAbra pilsbryi
Abra convexior
speciesAbra convexior
Abra affinis
speciesAbra affinis
Abra seurati
speciesAbra seurati
Abra cistula
speciesAbra cistula
Abra truncata
speciesAbra truncata
Abra grimaldii
speciesAbra grimaldii
Abra demosia
speciesAbra demosia
Abra uruguayensis
speciesAbra uruguayensis
Abra regularis
speciesAbra regularis
Abra fragillima
speciesAbra fragillima
Abra braziliensis
speciesAbra braziliensis
Abra infans
speciesAbra infans
Small Semele
speciesAbra exigua
Abra longidentata
speciesAbra longidentata
Abra scarlatoi
speciesAbra scarlatoi
Abra scotti
speciesAbra scotti
Abra californica
speciesAbra californica
Abra intesi
speciesAbra intesi
Abra aegyptiaca
speciesAbra aegyptiaca
Abra pini
speciesAbra pini
Abra sibogai
speciesAbra sibogai
Abra weberi
speciesAbra weberi
Abra lecointrei
speciesAbra lecointrei
Abra inanis
speciesAbra inanis
Abra longicallus
speciesAbra longicallus
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 old herbals & bestiaries
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.247
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.186
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.357
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.30
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.61
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.137
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.138
Treatise on the Ferns of America
Charles Plumier · 1705 · p.303
Treatise on the Ferns of America
Charles Plumier · 1705 · p.453
Treatise on the Ferns of America
Charles Plumier · 1705 · p.309
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.263
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 19)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.5
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Abra in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 246356.