Oxyperas elongatum

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Oxyperas elongatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Oxyperas
Species:
O. elongatum
Binomial name
Oxyperas elongatum
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1835) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Oxyperas elongatum is a species of large bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. [6]

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Oxyperas elongatum inside view

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References

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