Codakia punctata

Codakia punctata
Valve of Codakia punctata on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Lucinidae
Genus: Codakia
Species: C. punctata
Binomial name
Codakia punctata
C. Linnaeus, 1758

Codakia punctata, common name the punctate codakia, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae.

This species is found along the coast of Queensland, north Western Australia and Thailand. The shell can reach a size of about 43 millimetres (1.7 in). [1][2][3]

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