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| 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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: | Senilia Gray, 1842 |
| Species: | S. senilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Senilia senilis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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Right valve
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Left valve
References
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| Senilia senilis | |
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