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Liocyma fluctuosa

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Species of bivalve

Liocyma fluctuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Liocyma
Species: L. fluctuosa
Binomial name
Liocyma fluctuosa
(Gould, 1841)

Liocyma fluctuosa, or the wavy clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from Greenland to Maine, and along the Pacific coast, from Alaska to British Columbia.

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. 73.
Taxon identifiers
Liocyma fluctuosa
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