Glycymeris spectralis

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Glycymeris spectralis
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Variations of the spectral bittersweet clam collected from the Cape Canaveral coastline
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Glycymeris
Species:
G. spectralis
Binomial name
Glycymeris spectralis
Nicol, 1952

Glycymeris spectralis is a bivalve species in the family Glycymerididae. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Glycymeris spectralis Nicol, 1952". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. "Glycymeris spectralis Nicol, 1952". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 August 2018.