family

Sunset Clams and Allies

Psammobiidae

Field notes

The Psammobiidae, or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida.

These genera are accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species:

Asaphis Modeer, 1793

Gari Schumacher, 1817

Heterodonax Mörch, 1853

Heteroglypta Martens in Möbius, 1880

Nuttallia Dall, 1900

Psammosphaerica Jousseaume, 1894

Psammotella Herrmannsen, 1852

Sanguinolaria Lamarck, 1799

Soletellina Blainville, 1824

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native sunset clams and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.