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title: "Coquina"
description: "Donax variabilis — Other animals. Donax variabilis, known by the common name coquina, is a species of small edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Donacidae, the bean clams."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/coquina
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coquina

> Donax variabilis — Other animals. Donax variabilis, known by the common name coquina, is a species of small edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Donacidae, the bean clams.

- Scientific name: *Donax variabilis*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 6017
- Wikidata: [Q3013014](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3013014)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122241](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122241)

## Names

- en: Coquina
- es: Almeja frijol

## Countries with the most observations

US (5000), MX (54)

## Summary

Donax variabilis, known by the common name coquina, is a species of small edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Donacidae, the bean clams. It is a warm water species which occurs in shallow water on sandy beaches on the east coast of the United States and is also plentiful in Mayaro, Trinidad as well as the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. Known as chip-chip in Trinidad and chipi-chipi in Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donax_variabilis

## Photo

![Coquina](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/coquina/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104054920

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/coquina?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).