Acrosterigma magnum
Appearance
Acrosterigma magnum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Cardiida |
Family: | Cardiidae |
Genus: | Acrosterigma |
Species: | A. magnum
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Binomial name | |
Acrosterigma magnum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Acrosterigma magnum, or the magnum cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae, the true cockles.
Description
[edit]Acrosterigma magnum has a shell reaching a length of 38 – 48 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Mexico and northern Brazil.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 57.
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