Thyasira gouldi
Appearance
Thyasira gouldi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Lucinida |
Superfamily: | Thyasiroidea |
Family: | Thyasiridae |
Genus: | Thyasira |
Species: | T. gouldi
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Binomial name | |
Thyasira gouldi (Philippi, 1845)
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Thyasira gouldi, common name the Northern hatchet-shell, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae.
This species has been fully protected since 1992 in the United Kingdom under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Protection for wild animals on Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. website accessed 7 August 2009.
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