Tucetona pectinata
Tucetona pectinata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Arcida |
Superfamily: | Arcoidea |
Family: | Glycymerididae |
Genus: | Tucetona |
Species: | T. pectinata |
Binomial name | |
Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Synonyms | |
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Tucetona pectinata, or the comb bittersweet, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420731 on 2022-04-19
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 13.
- Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
- Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM
External links
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