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Donacidae Classification
 
Class: BIVALVIA


Subclass: HETERODONTA


Order: VENEROIDA


Superfamily: TELLINOIDEA


Family: DONACIDAE

 Donacidae genera
  • Donax

  • Hecuba

  • Hemidonax

  • Iphigenia

  • Plebidonax

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    Genus: Donax back to menu
    Donax carinatusDonax carinatus Hanley, 1843 - Ecuador, 45mm; the sharp angulation helps separate this from other Panamic species; brownish purple color is typical; this specimen is very large for the species. Donax cuneatusDonax cuneatus Linné, 1758 - Seychelles, 18-21mm; An extremely varied species. Donax denticulatusDonax denticulatus Linné, 1758 - Puerto Rico, 20-24mm; zigzag lines on posterior slope of each valve differentiate this from other Caribbean species; extremely varied colors and patterns.
    Donax dentiferDonax dentifer Hanley, 1843 - Ecuador, 29-35mm; Appropriately named. Note the interlocking dentition along the valve margins. Donax fabaDonax faba (Gmelin, 1791) - Australia, 20-21mm; extremely varied colors and patterns; most common of the tropical Indo-Pacific Donax. Donax hanleyanusDonax hanleyanus (Philippi, 1842) - Argentina, 26-34mm; lives intertidally in sand; found as far north as Espirito Santo State, Brazil.
    Donax madagascariensisDonax madagascariensis Wood, 1828 - South Africa, 16-18mm. Donax oweniDonax oweni Hanley, 1844 - Ghana, 18-20mm. Donax pallidusDonax pallidus Gould, 1850 - Fiji, 20-21mm.
    Donax peruvianusDonax peruvianus Deshayes, 1855 - Peru, 27-29mm; common intertidal species along the beaches of Lima; found from Ecuador to Chile. Donax punctatostriatusDonax punctatostriatus Hanley, 1843 - Pacific Panama, 24-26mm - synonym = panamensis Philippi, 1849. Donax trunculus anatinusDonax trunculus anatinus Lamarck, 1818 - Egypt, 34-38mm.
    Genus: Hecuba back to menu
    Hecuba scortumHecuba scortum (Linné, 1758) - India, 50-64mm; large, solid shell; taken by fishing trawlers off Coromandel Coast.    
    Genus: Hemidonax back to menu
         
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    Genus: Plebidonax back to menu