''Tagelus'' is a genus of saltwater
clam
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two sh ...
s,
marine
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bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
molluscs belonging to the family
Solecurtidae
The Solecurtidae are a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Cardiida.
Genera
Genera in the family Solenidae include:
* '' Azorinus'' Récluz, 1869
* '' Clunaculum'' Dall, 1899
* ''Solecurtus
''Solecurtus'' is a ge ...
.
Species
* ''
Tagelus adansonii'' (Bosc, 1801)
* ''
Tagelus affinis'' (C. B. Adams, 1852)
* ''
Tagelus californianus'' (Conrad, 1837)
* ''
Tagelus divisus'' (Spengler, 1794)
* ''
Tagelus dombeii'' (Lamarck, 1818)
* ''
Tagelus longisinuatus'' Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
* ''
Tagelus peruanus'' (Dunker, 1862)
* ''
Tagelus peruvianus'' Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941
* ''
Tagelus plebeius'' (Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''
Tagelus politus'' (Carpenter, 1857)
* ''
Tagelus subteres
''Tagelus subteres'', common name lesser tagelus, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs tha ...
'' (Conrad, 1837)
References
*Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
Solecurtidae
Bivalve genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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