Soletellina
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Soletellina is a genus
of bivalve molluscs in the family
Psammobiidae
, known as sunset shells.
Genus
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of bivalve molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
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Psammobiidae
Psammobiidae
Psammobiidae or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Veneroida.-Genera:The following genera are accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species...
, known as sunset shells.
Species in the genus Soletellina
- Soletellina abrata
- Soletellina alba (Lamarck, 1818)
- Soletellina atrata
- Soletellina biradiata
- Soletellina boeddinghansi
- Soletellina boeddinghausi
- Soletellina burnupi
- Soletellina chinensis
- Soletellina connectens
- Soletellina crassula
- Soletellina cumingiana
- Soletellina diphos
- Soletellina donacioides
- Soletellina elongata
- Soletellina flavicans
- Soletellina minoensis
- Soletellina nasuta
- Soletellina nitidaSoletellina nitidaSoletellina nitida, or the shining sunset shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Psammobiidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Gray, 1843) - Shining sunset shell - Soletellina olivacea Jay
- Soletellina petalina
- Soletellina rosea
- Soletellina roseus
- Soletellina rubra (Schroeter, 1788)
- Soletellina serotina
- Soletellina siliqua
- Soletellina tenuis
- Soletellina tumens
- Soletellina violacea
- Soletellina virescens
- Soletellina waitemata