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Family Lucinidae

HAWAII

Anodontia hawaiensis 

Kaneohe Bay, Oahu

INFLATED CLAM

Uncommon in sand at scuba depths.  Shell thin but strongly inflated.  Attains 1 inch.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known in Hawaii as Lucina edentula.