Biology:Globivenus rugatina

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Globivenus rugatina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Globivenus
Species:
G. rugatina
Binomial name
Globivenus rugatina
(Heilprin, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Heilprin, 1886 (Heilprin, 1886)
  • Ventricolaria rugatina Antigona rugatina
  • (Heilprin, 1886) Venus rugatina

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

  1. "Globivenus rugatina". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2287767. 
  2. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q3800356 entry