Barbatia cancellaria
Appearance
Barbatia cancellaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Arcida |
Family: | Arcidae |
Genus: | Barbatia |
Species: | B. cancellaria
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Binomial name | |
Barbatia cancellaria (Lamarck, 1819)
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Barbatia cancellaria, or the red-brown ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Florida to the West Indies.[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. 8.