Arcinella cornuta
Arcinella cornuta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Chamoidea |
Family: | Chamidae |
Genus: | Arcinella |
Species: | A. cornuta
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Binomial name | |
Arcinella cornuta (Conrad, 1866)
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Arcinella cornuta, or the Florida spiny jewelbox clam , is a marine species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. It can be found along the coast of North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Central America, and Venezuela.[1][2][3]
Description[]
The shell of A. cornuta is quadrangular to obliquely trigonal. It attaches itself to surfaces during its early growth stage, after that it is free-living. The shell features seven to nine radial rows of pleated radial ribs covered by large spines with coarse pitting between ribs. The exterior is a creamy white color with the interior being white with flushed pink and/or yellow coloration. The typical habitat is that of coral reefs.[2]
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. 55.
- ^ a b Mikkelsen, Paula M. (2008). Seashells of southern Florida : living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions, bivalves. Rüdiger Bieler. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11606-8. OCLC 78071775.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Arcinella cornuta Conrad, 1866". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
Categories:
- Chamidae
- Molluscs described in 1866
- Bivalve stubs