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Polymesoda caroliniana

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Polymesoda caroliniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Cyrenoidea
Family: Cyrenidae
Genus: Polymesoda
Species:
P. caroliniana
Binomial name
Polymesoda caroliniana
(Bosc, 1801)

Polymesoda caroliniana, or the Carolina marsh clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cyrenidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Virginia to Texas.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.