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Species of bivalve

Thyasira trisinuata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Thyasiroidea
Family: Thyasiridae
Genus: Thyasira
Species: T. trisinuata
Binomial name
Thyasira trisinuata
(Orbigny, 1842)

Thyasira trisinuata, common name the "Atlantic cleft clam", is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae. This species is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to the West Indies.

References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 47.
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Thyasira trisinuata
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