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Tucetona pectinata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Arcida
Superfamily:	Arcoidea
Family:	Glycymerididae
Genus:	Tucetona
Species:	T. pectinata
Binomial name
Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Arca pectinata Gmelin, 1791 Glycymeris pectinata (Gmelin, 1791) Pectunculus pectinatus (Gmelin, 1791) Pectunculus pectinatus carinatus Dall, 1886

Tucetona pectinata, or the comb bittersweet, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.

Distribution

It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420731 on 2022-04-19
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. 13.

• Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
• Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae

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