| Cyclomactra ovata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
| Family: | Mactridae |
| Genus: | Mactra |
| Species: | M. ovata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mactra ovata (Gray, 1843) | |
Cyclomactra ovata (previously Mactra ovata) [1] is a trough shell of the family Mactridae.
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