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DONACIDAE CLASSIFICATION

Phylum: MOLLUSCA (Linné, 1758) Cuvier, 1795

Class: BIVALVIA Linné, 1758

Subclass: HETERODONTA Neumayr, 1884

      Order: VENEROIDA H. & A. Adams, 1857

Superfamily: TELLINOIDEA Blainville, 1814

Family: DONACIDAE Fleming, 1828
Taxonomic Ref.:

DONACIDAE GENERA
  • Donax

  • Hecuba

  • Hemidonax

  • Iphigenia

  • Plebidonax

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    REFERENCE:
    Genus: Donax back to menutop of page
    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. Ref.: Donax cuneatusDonax cuneatus Linné, 1758 - Seychelles, 18-21mm; An extremely varied species. Ref.: 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. Ref.:
    Donax dentiferDonax dentifer Hanley, 1843 - Ecuador, 29-35mm; Appropriately named. Note the interlocking dentition along the valve margins. Ref.: Donax fabaDonax faba (Gmelin, 1791) - Australia, 20-21mm; extremely varied colors and patterns; most common of the tropical Indo-Pacific Donax. Ref.: Donax hanleyanusDonax hanleyanus (Philippi, 1842) - Argentina, 26-34mm; lives intertidally in sand; found as far north as Espirito Santo State, Brazil. Ref.:
    Donax madagascariensisDonax madagascariensis Wood, 1828 - South Africa, 16-18mm. Ref.: Donax oweniDonax oweni Hanley, 1844 - Ghana, 18-20mm. Ref.: Donax pallidusDonax pallidus Gould, 1850 - Fiji, 20-21mm. Ref.:
    Donax peruvianusDonax peruvianus Deshayes, 1855 - Peru, 27-29mm; common intertidal species along the beaches of Lima; found from Ecuador to Chile. Ref.: Donax punctatostriatusDonax punctatostriatus Hanley, 1843 - Pacific Panama, 24-26mm - synonym = panamensis Philippi, 1849. Ref.: Donax trunculus anatinusDonax trunculus anatinus Lamarck, 1818 - Egypt, 34-38mm. Ref.:
    Genus: Hecuba back to menutop of page
    Hecuba scortumHecuba scortum (Linné, 1758) - India, 50-64mm; large, solid shell; taken by fishing trawlers off Coromandel Coast. Ref.:    
    Genus: Hemidonax back to menutop of page
         
    Genus: Iphigenia back to menutop of page
         
    Genus: Plebidonax back to menutop of page