
Venus gallina <4 cm. One of the
dominant species on sandy bottom. Its density being
reduced in Black Sea in last years.
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Donax trunculus <4 cm. Dominant
bivalvian species of Black Sea sandy shallows
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Scapharca inaequivalis <8 cm. Evolutionary old bivalve of Indo-Pacific origin, invaded
the Black Sea in 1960s. One of the
dominant species on sandy bottom to 40m depth. Edible
bivalve with orange-yellow
flesh
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Cerastoderma lamarcki <7 cm,
possibly extinct in
the Black Sea,
completely eaten by Rapana
venosa.
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Cerastoderma glaucum <4 cm, became
rare in the
Black Sea, whereas it's one of
the dominant bivalvian species
in the Sea of Azov
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Parvicardium exiguum <8 cm,
very rare in the Black Sea
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Pitar rudis <2 cm, one of the
dominant
species of the Black Sea
sandy bottom at 10-40m depth
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Polititapes aurea <4 cm,
became
rare species in the Black Sea
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Spisula triangula <2.5 cm,
common
species of sandy bottom
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Moerella (Tellina) tenuis
<2 cm,
annual species
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Moerella (Tellina) donacina <2
cm, lives in soft sediments deeper than 10m, annual
species
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Gouldia minima <0.7
cm, lives
in soft sediments deeper than 10m; one of dominant species
as recently as 1980s, rare species in the Black Sea now,
eaten by Rapana venosa
whelk
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Lucinella divaricata
<0.5 cm, one of dominant annual species of the
Black Sea shallow sandy bottom
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Lentidium mediterraneum <0.7 cm, one of dominant annual species of shallow
sandy bottom
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Solen vaqina <15 cm. Digs deep
(to 1m) into the sand, becoming a rare species
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Gastrana fragilis
<5 cm. Became
a very rare species
in the Black Sea due to the
Rapana venosa pressure
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Donacilla cornea <1.5 cm. Once
one of the dominant species of sandy bottom, almost
disappeared now, at the Caucasian coast at least
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Loripes lucinalis <1.2 cm. Once
one of the dominant species of sandy bottom,
became
rare in the
Black Sea due to the Rapana
venosa pressure
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Mactra corallina <7 cm, rare species
in the Black
Sea
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Mya arenaria <10 cm. Invaded Black
Sea from Atlantic in 1960s. Prefers brackish water,
one of dominant bivalves in the Sea of Azov
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Mercenaria mercenaria <15 cm. No findings of live mollusks of this species
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Galactella lactea <0.5 cm. Very
small and very rare bivalve of Arcidae family
in the Black Sea
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Modiolus phaseolinus <4 cm.
Most
abundant bivalve in the Black Sea. Dominant species deeper
then 40m. Most of the bottom sediments at those depths
originate from Modiolus shells
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Flexopecten ponticus, Black
Sea scallop - <7 cm. Considered to be
extinct since late
1990s - eaten by Rapana venosa
whelk. Fresh 0.5 cm scallop shell was found
in 2008 near Tuapse, so that mollusk was alive in 2007
at least.
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Pecten jacobeus - No live scallops
of this species where found in the Black Sea in last decades.
This is possibly the only finding of the shell at the Caucasian
coast of the Black Sea
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