Lithophaga bisulcata
Lithophaga bisulcata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytiloida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Lithophaga |
Species: | L. bisulcata |
Binomial name | |
Lithophaga bisulcata (Orbigny, 1842) | |
Lithophaga bisulcata, or the mahogany date mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Bermuda.[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. 21.
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