family Veneridae


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Veneridae
mollusk family - a family of mollusks
Myaceae, order Myaceae - clams
genus Venus, Venus - type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
genus Mercenaria, Mercenaria - a genus of Veneridae
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For the cross-species transferability tests, DNA extraction from adductor muscle tissues using the same method was conducted in three other clam species, including Mercenaria mercenaria, Gomphina aequilatera, and Meretrix lyrata, belonging to three different genus of the family Veneridae (Fig.
CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL EST-SSR IN THE CLAM MERETRIX PETECHIALIS AND CROSS-SPECIES AMPLIFICATION IN THREE OTHER SPECIES
Number of species of bivalves distributed in each family reveals that 12 species belongs to family Veneridae, 5 species to Arcidae, 3 species to Ostreidae and 2 species to Pectinidae.
Species diversity and distribution of marine bivalves from coastal transitional ecosystem of Uran, Navi Mumbai, India
Family Veneridae represented 85% of the recorded bivalves, while Ceriithiidae represented 41% of the recorded gastropods.
Distribution of Intertidal Molluscs along Tarut Island Coast, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia
The mollusks of the family Veneridae include several species of economic interest.
Reproductive cycle of Anomalocardia brasiliana (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the estuary of the Cachoeira River, Ilheus, Bahia
Many of the species of the family Veneridae are of commercial interest and are exploited in various regions of the world (Lopez-Rocha et al.
MORPHOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP, GROWTH PARAMETERS, AND NATURAL MORTALITY AS ESTIMATED PRIMARY INPUTS FOR FISHERY MANAGEMENT IN NEW FISHING AREAS FOR BIVALVE MOLLUSCS (BIVALVIA: VENERIDAE)
ovum are the member of family Veneridae. Only one species of blood cockle, Anadara antiquata of the family Aarcidae was found at Phitti Creek and Sonmiani.
Clams of the Families Tellinidae and Veneridae and Blood Cockle of Family Arcidae From Phitti Creek and Sonmiani Along the Coast of Pakistan (Northern Arabian Sea)
This species belong to super order Heterodonta, order Veneroida and family Veneridae. Its shell is ovate or ovate-triangular in shape, up to 80mm in length, with each valve bearing three cardinal teeth.
Morphometric relationship of weight and size of Clam Amiantis umbonella L., 1818 (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the eastern coasts of Bandar Abbas, Persian Gulf
The last three clams imaged from the family Veneridae are Petricolaria pholadiformis, Pitar morrhuanus, and Ruditapes phUippinarum.
OPTICAL IMAGING AND MOLECULAR SEQUENCING OF A PRESERVED COLLECTION OF BIVALVE LARVAE
Chief among these species is the Manila clam Tapes philippinarum (family Veneridae), the top-ranking marine aquaculture species worldwide (over 4 million tons of aquaculture production in 2014), with a total value three times greater than that of the familiar Pacific oyster Crassotrea gigas (FAO 2016).
OOCYTE ATRESIA CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECT ON REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT OF MANILA CLAM TAPES PHILIPPINARUM (ADAMS AND REEVE, 1850)
The clam Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791) belongs to the family Veneridae and is distributed from the southern portion of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Brazil (Turgeon et al.
MEIOSIS MATURATION IN THE MARINE CLAM ANOMALOCARDIA BRASILIANA (VENERIDAE)
Like other bivalve molluscs of the family Veneridae, A.
Hatchery rearing of the venerid clam Anomalocardia basiliana (Gmelin, 1791)

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