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Macrocallista nimbosa

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Species of bivalve

Macrocallista nimbosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Macrocallista
Species: M. nimbosa
Binomial name
Macrocallista nimbosa
(Lightfoot, 1786)

Macrocallista nimbosa, or the sunray venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae.

Description

Adult size ranges from 65 mm. to 90 mm.

Extant specimen

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Fossil specimen from the Pleistocene

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Distribution

Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Texas.

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. 70.
Taxon identifiers
Macrocallista nimbosa


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