Parastarte triquetra
Appearance
Parastarte triquetra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Parastarte |
Species: | P. triquetra
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Binomial name | |
Parastarte triquetra (Conrad, 1846)
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Parastarte triquetra, or the brown gem clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from Florida to the West Indies.[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. 73.