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Anadara transversa

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Species of bivalve

Anadara transversa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Arcidae
Genus: Anadara
Species: A. transversa
Binomial name
Anadara transversa
(Say, 1822)

Anadara transversa, or the Transverse ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas, including the West Indies.

It is an invasive species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. First found in Turkey in 1977, then Greece in 1993, and then the coast of Italy near Venice in 2000.

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. 11.

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Taxon identifiers
Anadara transversa


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