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Updated 3/17/2024

Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia

Bivalves

Mollusks with left & right shells called valves attached by a hinge.  The muscular foot is reduced in some families.  Sessile species are typically attached to the substrate by tough byssal threads.  They feed by filtering phytoplankton & bacteria from the water column and may not be safe to consume after blooms of toxic dinoflagellates, sometimes referred to as red tides.

 

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Calloarca nuttingi 

NUTTING'S ARK

 

Barbatia oahua 

OAHU ARK

 

Modiolus matris  

MOTHER'S MUSSEL 

 

Brachidontes crebristriatus 

HAWAIIAN MUSSEL

 

Pteria brunnea 

WINGED PEARL OYSTER

 

Pinctada galtsoffi 

HAWAIIAN PEARL OYSTER

 

Isognomon incisum   



INCISED PURSE SHELL
Isognomon californicum 

BLACK PURSE SHELL

 

Pascahinnites coruscans hawaiensis

HAWAIIAN DWARF SCALLOP

 

Spondylus gloriosus 

GLORIOUS SPINY OYSTER

 

Limaria auaua 

'AU'AU FILE SHELL

Limaria keohea 

KEOHEA FILE SHELL

 

Limaria lahaina 

LAHAINA FILE SHELL

 

Tucetona arcodentiens

HAWAIIAN GLYCYMERIS

 

 

 

Dendostrea sandvichensis

HAWAIIAN OYSTER

Anodontia hawaiensis

INFLATED CLAM

 

Hitia ovalis   

OVAL CLAM

 

Kellia hawaiensis   

HAWAIIAN KELLIA

 

  Pinguitellina nucella 

NUT TELLIN

 

Vasticardium hawaiensis

HAWAIIAN COCKLE

 

 

 


INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Arca ventricosa

VENTRICOSE ARK

 
Acar plicata

SPREADING ARK

 

Barbatia tenella

SMOOTH ARK

 

Septifer cumingii

CUMING'S MUSSEL

 

Lithophaga mucronata

BORING MUSSEL

 

Hiatella arctica

ARCTIC BORER

Pinna muricata

PRICKLY PEN SHELL

 

Streptopinna saccata

BAGGY PEN SHELL

 

Gastrochaena cuneiformis

WEDGE-SHAPED BORER

 

Pinctada imbricata radiata

RAYED PEARL OYSTER

 

Isognomon perna

BROWN PURSE SHELL

 

Isognomon legumen

FRAGILE PURSE SHELL

 

Laevichlamys cookei

COOKE'S SCALLOP

 

Bractechlamys langfordi

LANGFORD'S SCALLOP

 

Spondylus candidus

CLIFF OYSTER

 

Spondylus nicobaricus

SPINY OYSTER

 

Parahyotissa inermis

NOBLE OYSTER

 

Parahyotissa numisma

COIN OYSTER

 

Chama limbula

 

PURPLE-LIP JEWEL OYSTER

 

Chama asperella

WHITE JEWEL OYSTER

 

Chama macerophylla

LEAFY JEWEL OYSTER

 

Chama pacifica

PACIFIC JEWEL OYSTER

Crassostrea gigas

JAPANESE OYSTER

 

Quidnipagus palatam

EDIBLE TELLIN

Ctena bella

BEAUTIFUL CLAM

 

Scutarcopagia scobinata

RASP TELLIN

 

Nesobornia bartschi

GLASSY CLAM

 

Scissulina dispar

SEPARATED TELLIN

 

Loxoglypta obliquilineata

OBLIQUE-LINED TELLIN

 

Tellinella crucigera

RED-STREAKED TELLIN

Lioconcha hieroglyphica

HIEROGLYPH CLAM

 

Venerupis philippinarum 

MANILA CLAM

 

Antigona reticulata

RETICULATED CLAM

 

Semele australis

AUSTRAL CLAM

 

 


INDO-PACIFIC

Limaria fragile

FRAGILE FILE SHELL

Pedum spondyloideum

BORING SCALLOP

 

Tridacna gigas

GIANT CLAM

 

Tridacna crocea

CROCUS CLAM

 

Tridacna maxima

MAXIMA GIANT CLAM

 

Tridacna noae

NOA'S GIANT CLAM

Tridacna squamosa

SCALY GIANT CLAM

 

Tridacna derasa

SMOOTH GIANT CLAM

Brachidontes sp. B

MUSSEL

 

 
   

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Chlamys rubida

PACIFIC PINK SCALLOP

 

Chlamys hastata

SPINY SCALLOP

 

Crassadoma gigantea

ROCK SCALLOP

 

Mytilus californianus

CALIFORNIA MUSSEL

 

Mytilus edulis species complex

BLUE MUSSEL