Tucetona pectinata
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1]

Distribution

It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[2]

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
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