Glycymeris undata

Glycymeris undata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcoida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Glycymeris
Species: G. undata
Binomial name
Glycymeris undata
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Glycymeris undata, or the Atlantic bittersweet, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.[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. 14.


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