Polymesoda caroliniana
| Polymesoda caroliniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | Cyrenidae |
| Genus: | Polymesoda |
| Species: | P. caroliniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)
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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[]
- ^ 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.
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Categories:
- Cyrenidae
- Marine fauna of North America
- Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
- Fauna of the Caribbean
- Fauna of the Southeastern United States
- Biota of the Gulf of Mexico
- Bivalves described in 1801
- Taxa named by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
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