Tucetona isabellae
| Tucetona isabellae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Glycymerididae |
| Genus: | Tucetona |
| Species: | T. isabellae
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| Binomial name | |
| Tucetona isabellae Valentich-Scott & Garfinkle, 2011
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Tucetona isabellae is a species of clam that was described in 2011 by Paul Valentich-Scott, Curator of Malacology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH), and Elizabeth A. R. Garfinkle, 11th grade student at San Roque High School (also known as Garden Street Academy).[1][2]
References
- ^ Paul Valentich-Scott & Elizabeth A. R. Garfinkle (2011). "A new species of Tucetona (Bivalvia: Glycymerididae) from Mexico" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2769: 65–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2769.1.3.
- ^ Paul Valentich-Scott (February 22, 2011). "Santa Barbara teen Elizabeth Garfinkle names new species of clam". Noozhawk. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
Further reading
- Richard. L. Squires (2010). "Northeast Pacific Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene glycymeridid bivalves". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (5): 895–917. doi:10.1666/09-130.1.
- Pascal E. Tschudin (2001). "Shell morphology, shell texture and species discrimination of Caribbean Tucetona (Bivalvia, Glycymeridae)". Journal of Paleontology. 75 (3): 658–679. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0658:SMSTAS>2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1307050.
External links
- Garden Street Academy
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Collections and Research Online Databases, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
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