Tucetona pectinata
| Tucetona pectinata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Superfamily: | Arcoidea |
| Family: | Glycymerididae |
| Genus: | Tucetona |
| Species: | T. pectinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791)
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Tucetona pectinata, or the comb bittersweet, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.[2]
Distribution
It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[3]
References
- ^ NatureServe. "Glycymeris pectinata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ 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.
- Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
- Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM
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