| Sanguinolaria tellinoides | |
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| Left valve of Sanguinolaria tellinoides from Guatemala | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Psammobiidae |
| Genus: | Sanguinolaria |
| Species: | S. tellinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Sanguinolaria tellinoides A. Adams, 1850 | |
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Sanguinolaria tellinoides is a species of saltwater clam, marine bivalve molluscs of the family Psammobiidae.
Sanguinolaria tellinoides can reach a size of 30–70 mm. It is a facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder.
This species is present along the Pacific coast of United States, Mexico and Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador).
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