Sanguinolaria tellinoides

Sanguinolaria tellinoides
Shell of Sanguinolaria tellinoides from Honduras at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Psammobiidae
Genus: Sanguinolaria
Species: S. tellinoides
Binomial name
Sanguinolaria tellinoides
A. Adams, 1850
Synonyms
  • Sanguinolaria purpurea Deshayes, 1855
  • Sanguinolaria tellinoides elongata Mörch, 1860
  • Tellina miniata Gould, 185

Sanguinolaria tellinoides is a species of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the family Psammobiidae.

Description

Sanguinolaria tellinoides can reach a size of 30-70 mm. It is a facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder.

Distribution

This species is present along the Pacific coast of United States, Mexico and Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador).

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