Donacidae {family} - Mollusca; Bivalvia; Cardiida;

Genera (3)
  1. Donax [818]
  2. Iphigenia [7]
  3. Profischeria [3]

The Donacidae, the "bean clams" or "wedge shells", are a family of bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Tellinoidea. The family is related to the Tellina. The Donacidae are prolific filter feeders and are an important part of coastal food chains where they occur. The family is sensitive to coastal industry such as dam-building and dredging. full article at Wikipedia

Specimen Records: 836 Public Records: 763
Specimens with Sequences: 784 Public Species: 20
Specimens with Barcodes: 668 Public BINs: 37
Species: 26          
Species With Barcodes: 22          
           

Specimen Depositories: Sequencing Labs:
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images representing subtaxa of Donacidae
(Donax - MT07751) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified Deutsche Zentrum fuer Marine Biodiversitaetsforschung Wilhelmshaven (Profischeria - NMFD_MOL_049) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014) A. B. Williams NIOMR
(Profischeria)
  Sample ID:
NMFD_MOL_049
  License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014)
  License Holder:
A. B. Williams, NIOMR




Collected from 10 countries.
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United States30Argentina4Norway2
Peru9Portugal4India1
Nigeria5Italy4
South Africa4Ukraine2


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