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Solen
Solen is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Solenidae. (Gk. 'solen'=pipe)...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Grooved Razor Shell
speciesSolen marginatus

Sickle Jacknife
speciesSolen sicarius

Southern Razor Shell
speciesSolen vaginoides

Solen strictus
speciesSolen strictus

Solen grandis
speciesSolen grandis

pencil bait
speciesSolen capensis

Guinea Razor Shell
speciesSolen guinensis

Green Jackknife Clam
speciesSolen viridis

Krusenstern's Razor Clam
speciesSolen krusensternii

Solen thuelchus
speciesSolen thuelchus

Solen tchangi
speciesSolen tchangi

Solen cylindraceus
speciesSolen cylindraceus

Solen fonesii
speciesSolen fonesii

Rosy Jackknife Clam
speciesSolen rostriformis

Solen regularis
speciesSolen regularis

Solen roseomaculatus
speciesSolen roseomaculatus
Solen linearis
speciesSolen linearis

Solen kurodai
speciesSolen kurodai

Grooved Razor Clam
speciesSolen vagina

Solen gordonis
speciesSolen gordonis

Solen soleneae
speciesSolen soleneae
Solen ceylonensis
speciesSolen ceylonensis
Solen kempi
speciesSolen kempi

Solen kikuchii
speciesSolen kikuchii

Solen pfeifferi
speciesSolen pfeifferi

Solen gaudichaudi
speciesSolen gaudichaudi
Solen brevissimus
speciesSolen brevissimus
Solen pseudolinearis
speciesSolen pseudolinearis
Solen sarawakensis
speciesSolen sarawakensis
Solen thachi
speciesSolen thachi
Solen thailandicus
speciesSolen thailandicus
Solen moolenbeeki
speciesSolen moolenbeeki
Solen poppei
speciesSolen poppei
Solen haae
speciesSolen haae
Solen aureomaculatus
speciesSolen aureomaculatus
Solen canaliculatus
speciesSolen canaliculatus
Solen kajiyamai
speciesSolen kajiyamai
Solen aldridgei
speciesSolen aldridgei
Solen rosewateri
speciesSolen rosewateri
Solen tairona
speciesSolen tairona
Solen crosnieri
speciesSolen crosnieri
Solen dactylus
speciesSolen dactylus
Solen madagascariensis
speciesSolen madagascariensis
Solen darwinensis
speciesSolen darwinensis
Solen gravelyi
speciesSolen gravelyi
Solen pazensis
speciesSolen pazensis
Solen crockeri
speciesSolen crockeri
Solen digitalis
speciesSolen digitalis
Solen mexicanus
speciesSolen mexicanus
Solen annandalei
speciesSolen annandalei
Solen acutangulus
speciesSolen acutangulus
Solen delesserti
speciesSolen delesserti
Solen vitreus
speciesSolen vitreus
Solen woodwardi
speciesSolen woodwardi
Solen lischkeanus
speciesSolen lischkeanus
Solen malaccensis
speciesSolen malaccensis
Solen leanus
speciesSolen leanus
Solen timorensis
speciesSolen timorensis
Solen oerstedii
speciesSolen oerstedii
Solen exiguus
speciesSolen exiguus
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

Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.685

Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.684

Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De reliquis animalibus exanguibus, utpote de mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis & zoophytis, libri quatuor post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1618 · p.185

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.609

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.609
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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 50585.