Tucetona pectinata

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Tucetona pectinata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Superfamily: Arcoidea
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Tucetona
Species:
T. pectinata
Binomial name
Tucetona pectinata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Arca pectinataGmelin, 1791
  • Glycymeris pectinata(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pectunculus pectinatus(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pectunculus pectinatus carinatusDall, 1886

Tucetona pectinata, or the comb bittersweet, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae. [1]

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Distribution

It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies. [2]

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420731 on 2022-04-19
  2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 13.