page_title: Venus (bivalve)
section_title: Common name
hierarchical_section_title: Venus (bivalve) / Common name
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing of Venus dione (now Pitar dione) by Linnaeus in his Fundamenta Testaceologiae, 1771, labelled with overtly sexual descriptors: a: vulva; d: labia; e: hymen; f: nates (buttocks); g: anus.
context_page_description: Venus is a genus of small to large saltwater clams in the family Veneridae, which is sometimes known as the Venus clams and their relatives. These are marine bivalve molluscs.
context_section_description: The common names of clams in this genus often include the name Venus. A few species that still have "Venus" as part of their common name, but which are no longer in the genus Venus are:
  Sunray Venus, Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot)
  Cross-barred Venus, Chione cancellata (Linnaeus)
  Lady-in-waiting Venus, Chione intapurpurea (Conrad)
  Imperial Venus, Lirophora latilirata (Conrad)
  Grey pygmy Venus, Chione grus (Holmes)
  Striped Venus clam, Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Elegant Venus clam, Pitar dione (Linnaeus, 1758)
caption: Linnaeus's 1771 drawing of the elegant Venus clam, which he had named "Venus dione"
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