VENERIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
(carpet and venus shells)

VENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Ruditapes decussatus
Cross-cut Carpet Shell, Chequered Carpet Shell
Species 1 references
Ruditapes philippinarum
Manila Clam, Pacific Clam
Species 1 references
Tapes
a genus of carpet shells
Genus 1 references
Venerupis
carpet shells
Genus 1 references
Venus
a genus of venus shells
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyVENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells)
SuperfamilyVENEROIDEA (Venus clams & carpet shells)
OrderVENEROIDA (veneroids)
InfraclassEuheterodonta (an infraclass of molluscs)
SubclassHETERODONTA (a subclass of bivalve molluscs)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for VENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells)

VENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to VENERIDAE (carpet and venus shells):

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