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Genus Species Author Locality Description Grading Price $
Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1818 Australia, WA 40-50mm, pale species F++/GEM 3
Mactra abbreviata Lamarck, 1818 Australia, QLD 40-50mm, f meretriciformis, blue/purple umbo F++/GEM 4
Mactra achatina Holten, 1802 Australia, QLD 30-40mm, mottled brown pattern F++/GEM 5
Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854) New Zealand 50-60mm, angular species, purple umbo F++/GEM 5
Spisula aequilateralis (Deshayes, 1854) New Zealand 40-50mm, angular posterior, white and solid F++/GEM 5
Mactrellona alata (Spengler, 1802) Brazil 90-110mm, white elongate inflated sp, posterior ridge F++ 10
Electromactra antecedens Iredale, 1930 Australia, SA 30-40mm, white elongate species F++/GEM 3
Mactra australis Lamarck, 1818 Australia, WA 35-40mm, pale tan species with some purple F++/GEM 3
Mactra chinensis Philippi, 1846 Japan 45-50mm, f carneopicta (Pilsbry) delicate, pale pattern F++/GEM 10
Mactra cinerea Montagu, 1808 Europe, NL 35-45mm, (aka stultorum) cream, pale radiating pattern F++/GEM 3
Austromactra contraria Reeve, 1854 Australia, SA 50-60mm, solid, elongate sp, moderate sculpture F++/GEM 3
Mactra corallina (Linnaeus, 1758) Mediterranean 40-50mm, pale tan/cream, almost smooth sp F++ 5
Mactra cumingii Reeve, 1854 Australia, WA 80-100mm, inflated, thin, some pale radiating lines F++/GEM 6
Spisula discors Gray, 1837 New Zealand 50-60mm, heavy sp. - white with some perio F++/GEM 4
Mactra dissimilis Reeve, 1854 Australia, QLD 30-40mm, elongate species, pale purple umbo F++/GEM 3
Spisula elliptica Brown, 1827 Europe, North Sea 25-30mm, trawled white species, with perio F++ 4
Mactra eximia Reeve, 1854 Australia, N/W WA 70-80mm, large inflated sp, brown radiating lines F++/GEM 4
Mactrotoma explanata Reeve, 1854 Australia, WA 30-40mm, white smooth species F++/GEM 5
Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) USA, Florida 35-40mm, elongate, white with gaping posterior F++/GEM 4
Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767 Africa, SA 70-80mm, large elongate white sp F++/GEM 10
Mactra glauca Born, 1778 Europe, North Sea 90-110mm, very large, elongate sp, fine sculpture F++/GEM 6
Mactra grandis Gmelin, 1791 Australia, N/W WA 45-55mm, angular, purple umbo, brown radial pattern F++/GEM 4
Mactra incarnata Reeve, 1854 Australia, N/W WA 40-50mm, inflated, brown/tan/pink radiating pattern F++/GEM 5
Nannomactra jacksonensis Smith, 1885 Australia, SA 12-15mm, colourful - pink, white and yellow F++/GEM 3
Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) USA, Florida 12-15mm, angular white species F++/GEM 3
Mactra luzonica Reeve, 1854 Australia, WA 35-45mm, white fragile species F++/GEM 5
Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791 Indonesia 60-70mm, speckled, purple/brown posterior blotch F++/GEM 5
Mactra mitis Reeve, 1854 Australia, N/W WA 35-45mm, smooth, white inflated species F++/GEM 5
Spisula murchisoni Reeve, 1854 New Zealand 70-80mm, large smooth & white, super shells F++/GEM 8
Meropesta nicobarica Gmelin, 1791 Australia, NSW 20-30mm, white and elongate species F++ 6
Mactra olorina Philippi, 1846 Australia, N/W WA 40-50mm, smooth thin white shells F++/GEM 4
Cyclomactra ovata (Gray, 1843) New Zealand 50-60mm, inflated but solid cream coloured species F++ 3
Mactrinula plicataria (Linnaeus, 1758) India 50-60mm, large & delicate, strong concentric ridges F++/GEM 10
Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818) USA, Texas 40-50mm, thin fragile shells F++/GEM 10
Mactra pura Reeve, 1854 Australia, WA 30-40mm, angular white species F++/GEM 3
Mactra pusilla A Adams, 1856 Australia, QLD 20-25mm, tan shells with brown radial lines F++/GEM 4
Lutraria rhynchaena Jonas, 1844 Australia, S/W WA 90-100mm, curved narrow heavy species F++ 5
Austromactra rufescens (Lamarck, 1819) Australia, TAS 50-60mm, heavily sculptured, solid species F++/GEM 4
Mactra sericea Reeve, 1854 Australia, N/W WA 50-60mm, elongate, white radiating lines on tan F++/GEM 4
Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe, Belgium 35-40mm, solid pale cream to white shells F++/GEM 3
Scissodesma spengleri (Linnaeus, 1767) Africa, SA 80-90mm, very angular posterior F++/GEM 10
Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1819)

Australia, TAS

20-25mm, white with tan interior F++ 3
Mactra turgida Gmelin, 1791 Australia, QLD 50-60mm, very inflated, thin cream-coloured species F++/GEM 3
Mactra veneriformis Reeve, 1854 Taiwan 28-32mm, (aka quadrangularis) inflated, co-marginal sculpture F++/GEM 5
Mactra westralis Lamprell & Whitehead,1990 Australia, WA 30-40mm, very localised white species F++/GEM 6

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