Bittersweet Shells of the Glycimeridae Family

Four Bittersweet Shells of the Glycimeridae Family can be found in this website:

The Glycimeridae Family (Dall, 1908) of Bittersweet Clam Shells that consists of one hundred seven species that have been placed in four genera (the Axinactis Genus with two species, the Glycymeris Genus with sixty-one species, the Melaxinaea Genus with one species, and the T ucetona Genus with forty-three species. The word “Glycimeridae” comes from the Greek term meaning “sweet part” and the Bittersweet Clams are highly regarded in culinary circles.

Bittersweet Shells are solid, roundish, clam shells with a curving row or chevron of teeth at the hinge. There is a gap at both ends of the closed shell.  Bittersweets are usually found within sand or mud bottoms. The Bittersweets have a global distribution and are found in warm water environments from shallow to very deep waters.