Common Caribbean Coquina

Donax est un genre de mollusques bivalves, aussi appelés flions, haricots de mer, tellines ou blanchettes. Liste des espèces N. B.

Donax is a genus of small, edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs with highly variable color patterns. The genus is sometimes called bean clams or wedge shells; however, Donax species bear different common names in different parts of the world. In the southeastern United States, they are called "coquina", a word that is also used for the hard limestone concretions of their shells and those of other marine invertebrates.

La coquina del Caribe, chirla del Caribe, chipichipi, chibi-chibi o chipi-chipe (Donax denticulatus) es una especie de molusco marino comestible de la familia Donacidae, que se encuentra en las playas del Golfo de México, el mar Caribe, las Antillas y el litoral Atlántico tropical de Sudamérica. Clasificación y descripción D. denticulatus es un molusco que pertenece a la clase Bivalvia; orden Veneroida; familia Donacidae.