Glycymeris spectralis | |
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Variations of the spectral bittersweet clam collected from the Cape Canaveral coastline | |
Scientific classification | |
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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