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Tresus
Sign in to saveTresus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mactridae. Many of them are known under the common name the horse clam or as species of gaper clam. They are similar to geoducks.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyMactridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 216
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Mactridae
- Collections
- PRI, LACM, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Tresus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mactridae. Many of them are known under the common name the horse clam or as species of gaper clam. They are similar to geoducks.
==Species== Species within the genus Tresus include: Tresus allomyax (Coan & Scott, 2000) – strange gaper Tresus capax (Gould, 1850) – fat gaper Tresus keenae (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) – mirugai clam Tresus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) – Pacific gaper Tresus pajaroanus (Conrad, 1857) – lost gaper
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