Cyrenoida floridana

Cyrenoida floridana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Cyrenoididae
Genus: Cyrenoida
Species: C. floridana
Binomial name
Cyrenoida floridana
(Dall, 1896)

Cyrenoida floridana, or the Florida marsh clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cyrenoididae. It can be found along Gulf of Mexico coast, ranging from Georgia to southern Florida.[1]

References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.
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