Biology:Polymesoda maritima
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Short description: Species of bivalve
Polymesoda maritima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Cyrenoidea |
Family: | Cyrenidae |
Genus: | Polymesoda |
Species: | P. maritima
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Binomial name | |
Polymesoda maritima (Orbigny, 1842)
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Polymesoda maritima, or the maritime marsh clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cyrenidae. It can be found along the Gulf of Mexico coast, ranging from Florida to Texas .[1]
References
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q3014723 entry