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Veneridae

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Noun1.Veneridae - hard-shell clamsVeneridae - hard-shell clams                    
family 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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Among the Pectinidae, available energy used for gonad build-up comes entirely from the adductor muscle (Chantler 2006), whereas Mytilidae, Ostreidae, and Veneridae take up energy, not only from the digestive gland, muscle, and mantle tissue, but from other kind of nongerminal nourishing cells, such as VCT cells and ADG cells (Mathieu & Lubet 1993).
Annual reproductive effort of Pacific winged pearl oyster Pteria ... by Caceres-Puig, Jorge I.; Caceres-Martinez, Carlos; Saucedo, Pedro E. / Journal of Shellfish Research
88%), whereas Veneridae recorded the lowest number 11 (2.
Bivalve assemblages on living coral species in the northern Red Sea, ... by Mohammed, Tarek A.; Yassien, Mohamed Hamed / Journal of Shellfish Research
Hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) is a commercially important bivalve, belonging to the family of Veneridae.
Karyotypes of diploid and triploid Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus) by Lin, Zhi-hua; Lu, Zhen-Ming; Chai, Xue-Liang; Fang, Jun; Zhang, Jiong-Ming / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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