Senilia

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Senilia
File:Senilia senilis.jpg
Live Senilia senilis for sale in Fadiouth, Senegal
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Single valves of Senilia senilis (plus two gastropods) washed up on the beach at Fadiouth, Senegal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Senilia
Gray, 1842
Species:
S. senilis
Binomial name
Senilia senilis
Synonyms

Anadara senilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Senilia is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae, the ark shells. It contains a single species, Senilia senilis.

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

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