Polymesoda floridana
| Polymesoda floridana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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