Polymesoda maritima

Polymesoda maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Corbiculidae
Genus: Polymesoda
Species: P. maritima
Binomial name
Polymesoda maritima
(Orbigny, 1842)

Polymesoda maritima, or the maritime marsh clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Corbiculidae. It can be found along the Gulf of Mexico coast, ranging from Florida to Texas.[1]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 40.