Donacidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Cardiida
- Family
- Donacidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Donacidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Donacidae
The Donacidae, the bean clams or wedge shells, are a family of bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Tellinoidea.
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.
...Donacidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 斧蛤科
- Czech
- violetkovití
- Dutch
- Zaagjes
- English
- Bean Clams
- English
- Wedge Shells
- English
- Beanclams
- Japanese
- フジノハナガイ科
- Korean
- 삼각조개과
- Russian
- Донациды
- Thai
- วงศ์ หอยเสียบ
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