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Globivenus rigida

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Species of bivalve

Globivenus rigida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Globivenus
Species: G. rigida
Binomial name
Globivenus rigida
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Antigona rugosa (Gmelin, 1792)
  • Cytherea rigida (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Ventricolaria rigida (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Ventricolaria rigida subsp. rigida
  • Venus pilula Reeve, 1863
  • Venus rigida Dillwyn, 1817
  • Venus rugosa Gmelin, 1791

Globivenus rigida, or the rigid Venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies and Brazil.

References

  1. "Globivenus rigida". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 61.
Taxon identifiers
Globivenus rigida
Venus rigida


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