Pitar albidus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Veneridae |
Subfamily: | Callocardiinae |
Genus: | Pitar |
Species: | P. albidus
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Binomial name | |
Pitar albidus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Pitar albidus, or the white venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the coast of the West Indies.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pitar albidus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 68.