Siliqua (bivalve)

Siliqua
A live individual of Siliqua patula, Washington state
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Adapedonta
Family:	Pharidae
Genus:	Siliqua Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1811
Species
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Siliqua is a genus of saltwater razor clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pharidae, the razor clams and jackknife clams.

Species in the genus Siliqua include:^[1]

• Siliqua albida (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Siliqua alta (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) – northern or Arctic razor clam
• Siliqua barnardi M. Huber, 2010
• Siliqua costata (Say, 1822) – Atlantic razor clam
• Siliqua fasciata (Spengler, 1794)
• Siliqua grayana (Dunker, 1862)
• Siliqua herberti M. Huber, 2015
• Siliqua japonica Dunker, 1861
• Siliqua lucida (Conrad, 1837)
• Siliqua minima (Gmelin, 1791)
• Siliqua patula Dixon, 1789 - Pacific razor clam
• Siliqua polita (W. Wood, 1828)
• Siliqua pulchella Dunker, 1852
• Siliqua radiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Siliqua rostrata (Dunker, 1862)
• Siliqua squama (Blainville, 1827)

• Razor & jackknife clams