Liocyma fluctuosa | |
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Scientific 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
- 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 | |
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Liocyma fluctuosa |
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