Anadara brasiliana (common name: Incongruous Ark Clam) is a saltwater clam in the family Arcidae, the ark shells. This species is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from North Carolina to Brazil.[1]
Anadara brasiliana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Arcida |
Family: | Arcidae |
Genus: | Anadara |
Species: | A. brasiliana
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Binomial name | |
Anadara brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819)
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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. 9.