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TELLINIDAE

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  Thank Stéphane for the following information:
I have experimented with"tellines à la persillade" in the city of Arles. I was told that tellines are very commonly eaten along the sandy shore of the Mediterranean, in France, Italy and Catalunya. You can find them on the Atlantic coast too, in Portugal and in the area of Charentes (La Rochelle).

In France there are two main ways to cook them. The Provencal way is "à la persillade". After soaking the tellines for several hours in salty water (in order to eliminate the sand they contain), just put them in a pan for 2 or 3 minutes. When they are opened, mix them with a vinaigrette prepared with olive oil, parsley and garlic. That's all!

The second way is even more simple: cook the tellines in a pan with oil and crushed "confit" garlic. Eat them with your fingers!

In Italy, they add the unshelled tellines to risotto (in Genova) or tomato sauce for pasta (Sardinia). The Italian word for telline is... telline or arselle.

Note that in the region of Sète (40 km southwest of Montpellier), there are professional tellines gatherers. They walk in the shallow water pulling a kind of net that capture the tellines living in the sand.

I'm not able to say exactly which species are fished and eaten these
ways. The tellines I have eaten in Arles were 2 cm long, lightly
colored (yellow).
 
  • Macoma balthica
    (Linne

Baltic tellin, Little macoma. Baltic Macoma

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Baltic Sea, and widely distributed throughout north-west Europe and Britain.

Western Pacific USA (Puget Sound, SanFransico Bay)
St. Lawrence Estuary

       
 
 
  • Tellina (Angulus) tenuis
    (Da Costa,1778)

Fr. telline

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  • In France: It's served with garlic, parsley and olive oil
 
             
 
 

 

 

THRACIDAE

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  • Thracia papyracea (Polish, 1795)
    Paper Thracea

Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)
Paper thracia; Es - Tracia pergamina; Fr - Thracie faséole

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TONNIDAE
(Tun Shells)
  • Tonna galea
    (Giant tun)

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Caribbean; Atlantic; Mediterranean
C: very common in central-southern mediterranean.being edible,it is sold in the markets,especially in Sicily
Croatian cuisine
 
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  • Tonna perdix
    (Linné, 1758)

Pacific Partridge Tun
Hawaii: (puleho)

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Indo-West Pacific
       
 
 
  • Tonna variegata
    (Lamarck 1822).
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Indo Pacific; S New South Wales - W Australia; New Zealand      
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TRIDACNIDAE
(Giant Clams)

most image URLs are from Aqyarium suppliers

 

  • A= Aquaculture: While all species of giant clams can be farmed, certain species are selected for particular traits. T. maxima, T. crocea and T. squamosa are most commonly farmed for sale to the aquarium trade.
  • Lagoon Farming of Giant Clams: PDF file: All species of ginat clams can be farmed
  • Tridacna Clams and Aquariums:
  • The Tongan Community Giant Clam Sanctuaries: Good article
  • The "Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture" at the Oceanographic Instititute, Waimanalo, Hawaii, has published in the
    past three "Giant Clam Mariculture Information Sheets #1"
    #2, #3:
    The text of these sheets was written by Dr. Christine Crawford, who served as a CTSA regional aquaculture extension agent from 1989
    to 1991. Most of the information concerning growing Giant Clams
    (Tridacna and Hippopus), export licenses, etc., is still valid today
    .
 
  • Hippopus hippopus
    (Linne, 1758)
    (bear paw clam or horse's hoof or strawberry giant clam)
    pa'ua

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Philippines,
Cook Islands
Indo-Pacific region
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perhaps one of the best known giant clam species  
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  • Hippopus porcellanus
    (Rosewater, 1982)
    (China clam)
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Philippines
2000 Red Data List of Endangered Species
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the most rare of the giant clam species  
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  • Tridacna derasa
    (Röding, 1819) (smooth or southern giant clam)
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  • Tridacna crocea
    (Lamarck, 1819)
    (crocus or boring giant clam)
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Indo-Pacific extending to the Great Barrier Reef.

Philippines

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  • Tridacna derasa
    (Röding, 1819)
    (derasa clam, giant clam, giant smooth clam)
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IndoPacific
Cook Islands
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A: Overall this is probably the hardest of the tridacnids in captivity
second largest of the species amoung the clams  
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  • Tridacna gigas
    (Lamarck, 1758)
    (giant clam)
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Philippines to Micronesia
A & C
This is the true giant clam
World's largest clam & the most endangered of the species
The adductor muscle is considered a delicacy.

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  • Tridacna maxima
    (Röding, 1798)
    (rugose or small giant clam, maxima clam)
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Philippines to Micronesia
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  • Tridacna squamosa
    (Lamarck, 1819)
    ( Fluted or Scaly Giant Clam. clam)

Previous name: Tridacna elongota

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Red Sea and eastern Africa well into eastern Polynesia (with the exception of Hawaii). Philippines
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the most common of the giant clams species  
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  • Tridacna teveroa
    (the “devil’s clam”)

(now named T. mbalavuana).

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only presently found in the eastern Lau Islands of Fiji and Tonga        
 
 
  • Tridacna rosewateri
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Mauritânea
       
 

 

TROCHIDAE
(Top Shells)
 
  • Astraea (Lithopoma) undosa (Wood, 1828)

Wavy Turban;

Esp.: caracol panocha

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California - W Mexico
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    Operculum
  • an edible species that is harvested for further canning process of the meat in north west Mexican Pacific coast (Ensenada). It is oriented for expot to asia and the local markets. Javier R.
  • Also under: ASTRAEINAE
  • CITATION: J. of Food Sci., Vol. 67, No. 4, 2002
    Sensory and Texture Quality of Canned Whelk (Astraea undosa) Subjected to Tenderizing Treatments: AUTHOR(S): G.Y. Sanchez-Brambila, B.G. Lyon, Y.W. Huang, J.R. Franco Santiago, C.E. Lyon and K.W. Gates.
  • TEKTRAN
 
  • Bathybembix bardii
    (Dall, 1889)

Baird's topsnail, Baird's margarite

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Alaska to Chile
     
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  • Cittarium pica
    (Linné, 1758)
    (West Indian top)
Previously known as Livonia
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Venezuela, Guadeloupe, Caribbean
       
 
 
  • Monodonta articulata
    (Lamarck, J.B.P., 1822 )
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Mediterranean
   
Croatian cuisine
 
 
 
  • Monodonta edulis
    (Lowe, 1842)

Canaries: Burgado, Japan: Kuro-ishidatami

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Canaries, Madeira, North Africa
       
  • Monodonta edulis. It's eaten in the Canary Islands, were it's called "Burgado". They put it into vinegar without the shell and leave it some days before eaten. (AMG)
 
  • Monodonta lineata
    (da Costa, 1778)

Lined monodont, Lined top, Japan:Hososuji-shitadami

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England to Portugal.
       
  • Monodonta lineata. In Galicia (NW Spain), it's called "Caramuxo" o "Mincha". For eat it, you only should boil them with salt and a some leaves of laurel. (AMG)
 
  • Monodonta turbinata
    (Born, I. Von, 1778)
Turbinate Monodont
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Portugal; Mediterranean
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Croatian cuisine
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TURBINELLIDAE

 
 
  • Turbinella angulata
    (Solander in Lightfoot, J., 1786)

West Indian Chank; Lamp Shell

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Florida Keys - Nicaragua; N Caribbean        
  • The Bahamians call Turbinella angulata pepper conch
 
  • Vasum turbinellus
    (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Pacific Vase

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Indo-Pacific
Philippines
    of minimal importance as a food supply  
 
 
  • Xancus pyrum

Syn. Turbinella pyrum??

Indian Chank

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India        
 

 

 

TURBINIDAE
(Turban Shells)
 
 
  • Turbo cornutus
    (Lightfoot,1786)
    (Horned Turban,
    Spiny Top Shell)
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Japan, China
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