Pitar fulminatus
| Pitar fulminatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Subfamily: | Callocardiinae |
| Genus: | Pitar |
| Species: | P. fulminatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pitar fulminatus, commonly known as the lightning 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 North Carolina to Brazil and Bermuda.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pitar fulminatus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69.
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