Larkinia grandis
Larkinia grandis | |
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A view of valves of Larkinia grandis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Arcida |
Family: | Arcidae |
Genus: | Larkinia |
Species: | L. grandis |
Binomial name | |
Larkinia grandis (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) | |
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Larkinia grandis is a genus of saltwater clams in the family Arcidae, the ark clams.
Description
[edit]Shell of Larkinia grandis can reach a diameter of about 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) and a height of about 9.6 centimetres (3.8 in). These shells are white, with 26 ribs and a dark, smooth periostracum.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is present in the North Pacific Ocean (Mexico, El Salvador, Peru, Gulf of California).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Anadara grandis". itis.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ^ Angeline Myra Keen Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru Stanford University Press, 1971, s. 1064. ISBN 9780804707367.
- ^ "Larkinia grandis (Broderip and Sowerby, 1829) -- Discover Life mobile". discoverlife.org. Retrieved 2016-11-05.