Globivenus fordii Ford Venus Clam

Globivenus fordii is commonly referred to as Ford Venus Clam. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Globivenus fordii, Ford Venus Clam 2016

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lexID:: 14850
AphiaID:: 507672

Scientific:: Globivenus fordii
German:: Ford Venusmuschel
English:: Ford Venus Clam

Category:: Ракушки

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Venerida (Order) > Veneridae (Family) > Globivenus (Genus) > fordii (Species)
Initial determination:: (Yates, ), 1890

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 6,5 cm
Food:: Filter feeder, No reliable information available, Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Globivenus callimorpha
Globivenus capricornea
Globivenus effossa
Globivenus embrithes
Globivenus fordii
Ford Venusmuschel
Globivenus foresti
Globivenus helenae
Globivenus isocardia
Globivenus kempfi
Globivenus lepidoglypta
Globivenus listeroides
Globivenus magdalenae
Globivenus mindorensis
Globivenus orientalis
Globivenus pereffossa
Globivenus rigida
Globivenus rugatina
Globivenus snellii
Globivenus strigillina
Globivenus toreuma

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-05-30 19:53:45
Last edit:: 2022-05-30 19:53:45

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Globivenus fordii (Yates, 1890)

Globivenus is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Veneridae.The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, except Subarctic regions.

Synonymised names:
Anomalocardia mangeri Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 · unaccepted
Anomalocardia subrugosa Manger, 1934 · unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of Venus...)
Venus fordii Yates, 1890 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 30.05.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 30.05.2022.

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