Species under Venus
n= 10
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Venus albina
Sowerby, 1853
Western Pacific
Venus casina
Linnaeus, 1758
Thick-ridged venus Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean 5
Venus casinaeformis
(Yokoyama, 1924)
Northwest Pacific
Venus crebrisulca
Lamarck, 1818
African venus Eastern Central Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific
Venus foliaceolamellosa
Römer, 1865
Plicate venus Eastern Central Atlantic
Venus nux
Gmelin, 1791
Saltwater clam Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Venus ovata
unspecified
Mediterranean Sea
Venus sinuosa
Lamarck, 1818
Indo-West Pacific
Venus toreuma
Gould, 1850
Embossed venus Indo-Pacific
Venus verrucosa
Linnaeus, 1758
Warty venus Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Western Indian Ocean 7
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