Polymesoda caroliniana
Appearance
Polymesoda caroliniana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Cyrenoidea |
Family: | Cyrenidae |
Genus: | Polymesoda |
Species: | P. caroliniana
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Binomial name | |
Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)
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Polymesoda caroliniana, also known as the Carolina marsh clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cyrenidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Virginia to Texas.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 40.