''Tagelus californianus'', common name California tagelus, is a species 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 she ...
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, bival ...
mollusk
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s 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'' Blainville, 1824
* ''Tage ...
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Distribution
This species can be found in the Eastern Pacific from Gulf of California to Oregon.
Description
Shells of ''Tagelus californianus'' can reach a length of and a heigh of about .
These shells are yellowish-white, with rust-colored stains and a dark periostracum. The posterior margin is slightly sinuous.
[Angeline Myra Kee]
Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru
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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
Bivalves described in 1837
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