Pleuromeris tridentata

Pleuromeris tridentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Pleuromeris
Species: P. tridentata
Binomial name
Pleuromeris tridentata
(Say, 1826)

Pleuromeris tridentata, or the three-toothed cardita, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Carditidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Florida.[1]

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. 46.
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