Globivenus rugatina
Appearance
Globivenus rugatina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Globivenus |
Species: | G. rugatina
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Binomial name | |
Globivenus rugatina (Heilprin, 1886)
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Globivenus rugatina, or the queen Venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Globivenus rugatina". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 61.