Phlyctiderma verrilli
Appearance
Phlyctiderma verrilli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Ungulinoidea |
Family: | Ungulinidae |
Genus: | Phlyctiderma |
Species: | P. verrilli
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Binomial name | |
Phlyctiderma verrilli (Dall, 1900)
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Phlyctiderma verrilli, Verrill's diplodon[1][2] or inflated diplodon,[3] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae.[1] It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to North Carolina[2] and Gulf of Mexico.[1] The shell diameter can reach 2 cm (0.79 in).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Phlyctiderma verrilli (Dall, 1899)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ a b Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 46.
- ^ a b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Diplodonta verrilli" in SeaLifeBase. December 2024 version.