Venus (bivalve)

Venus clam
Temporal range:
Venus affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Venus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Venus verrucosa
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Antigona (Ventricola) Römer, 1867 ·
  • Clausina T. Brown, 1827 (invalid: junior objective synonym of Venus)
  • Cytherea (Ventricola) Römer, 1867 ·
  • Ventricola Römer, 1867
  • Venulites Schlotheim, 1813 ·
  • Venus (Ventricola) Römer, 1867 ·
  • Venus (Ventricoloidea) Sacco, 1900 alternate representation
  • Venus (Venus) Linnaeus, 1758 alternate representation
  • Venusarius Duméril, 1805

Venus is a genus of small to large saltwater clams in the family Veneridae, which is sometimes known as the Venus clams and their relatives. These are marine bivalve molluscs.

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