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Shiny cooperclam

Cooperella subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The shiny cooperclam (Cooperella subdiaphana) is a species in the family Veneridae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about the shiny cooperclam

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the shiny cooperclam live?

Not recorded

Is the shiny cooperclam endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the shiny cooperclam classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyVeneridae
  6. genusCooperella
  7. SpeciesCooperella subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)

Synonyms Cooperella panamensis, Oedalia scintillaeformis, Oedalia subdiaphana

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the shiny cooperclam

Other species in the same genus Cooperella.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the shiny cooperclam?

The shiny cooperclam (Cooperella subdiaphana) belongs to the family Veneridae in the order Venerida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Shiny cooperclam (Cooperella subdiaphana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/shiny-cooperclam

MLA

“Shiny cooperclam (Cooperella subdiaphana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/shiny-cooperclam.

BibTeX
@misc{shiny_cooperclam_2026,
  title = {Shiny cooperclam (Cooperella subdiaphana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/shiny-cooperclam},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}